And his last thin bit of braggin'

Came a-droppin' to our ears.

"If you'd ever watched my habits very close

You would know I've broke such rabbits by the gross.

I have kep' my talent hidin';

I'm too good for earthly ridin'

And I'm off to bust the lightnin's,—Adios!"

Years have gone since that ascension.

Boastful Bill ain't never lit,

So we reckon that he's wrenchin'