Wooden Leg + 

Misfortune sometimes is a prize, + 

And is a blessing in disguise; + 

A man with a stout wooden leg, + 

Through town and country he can beg. + 

And the people in the city, + 

On poor man they do take pity; + 

He points them to his timber leg + 

And tells them of his poor wife, Meg. + 

And if a dog tries him to bite, + 

With his stiff leg he doth him smite, + 

Or sometimes he will let him dig + 

His teeth into the wooden leg. + 

Then never more will dog delight + 

This poor cripple man for to bite; + 

Rheumatic pains they never twig, + 

Nor corns annoy foot of leg. + 

So cripple if he’s man of sense, + 

Finds for ills some recompense; + 

And though he cannot dance a jig, + 

He merry moves on wooden leg. + 

And when he only has one foot, + 

He needs to brush only one boot; + 

Through world he does jolly peg, + 

So cheerful with his wooden leg. + 

In mud or water he can stand + 

With his foot on the firm dry land, + 

For wet he doth not care a fig, + 

It never hurts his wooden leg. + 

No aches he has but on the toes + 

Of one foot, and but one gets froze; + 

He has many a jolly rig, + 

And oft enjoys his wooden leg. + 