the young madonna lydia went out to take a stroll upon the arm of don ambruglio her newly wedded lord their serving man was pyrrhus that day as chance befell and though he was the husband s man he longed to be her man as well sweetly said madonna with a twinkle in her eye i see a tree hung low with fruit and oh the highest one is ripe the don looked sagely upward and nodded his assent and so the servant stripped to shirt and hose and up the tree he went up into the pear tree was handsome pyrrhus sent there he thought of a clever plan and this is how it went and this is how it went when the noble pair below were seated on the ground from up above young pyrrhus made a show of looking shyly down my lord i cannot blame you but it seems to me unwise to kiss your wife so boldly here and right before a servant s eyes ambruglio was taken aback my boy what s that you say my wife and i are sitting here and not entwined in cupid s play said pyrrhus soul of innocence my eyes cannot agree but here come up and take my place my lord perhaps it is the tree so up into the pear tree the foolish husband went while pyrrhus thought of the prize below and hastened his decent and hastened his decent there s nothing quite as pleasant as a summer s warm embrace and when the don looked down he saw the ardent lovers face to face but to his cries the two below said simply what s the fuss just as before a yard or more still separates the two of us the don cried it s a miracle let s cry it in the town but with a smile madonna said i think that you should cut it down what good s a tree which lays a doubt on wives of good repute but pyrrhus here has earned my gratitude for fetching me my fruit so pyrrhus felled the pear tree as was his first intent and once he d finished his sweaty work his vigor was all but spent his vigor was all but spent the wondrous tree was lost ambruglio ne er guessed the game but still the tale went far and wide and garnered him a certain fame lydia was happy with this pleasant stroke of luck and always called upon her pyrrhus when she had some fruit to pluck and up into her pear tree was handsome pyrrhus sent for there he d thought of a clever plan and that was how it went oh there he d thought of a clever plan and that was how it went