Love in a Snowdrift + 

One winter day in snow-bound train, + 

In drift we stuck in State of Maine; + 

It happened near a village small, + 

And near the track was public hall. + 

The passengers did all complain + 

Of these fierce blizzards blow in Maine; + 

With snow plough they had striven all day, + 

But found they could not make headway. + 

The weary hours brought grief and pain + 

To many on that trip in Maine; + 

On me the passengers they call + 

To lecture to them in the hall. + 

And the next morning I felt vain, + 

When a young man, belonged to Maine, + 

Warmly thanked me for my lecture, + 

“Well pleased with it,” was my conjecture. + 

He said it gave him chance to gain + 

The heart of finest girl in Maine; + 

When to the hall you all resorted, + 

The sweet girl in car I courted. + 

My vanity at first was slain. + 

But when the young man there in Maine + 

Asked me to wed him to his Jane, + 

I felt the snow drift was a gain. + 