Ohne Strumpf geh’ i not hoam,
Geh’ i halt weider auf Lauterbach,
Kauf’ mir an Strumpf zu dem oan.
Tillee leari, oiko, hi oiko, hi oiko!
Tillee oiko, oiko. Tilli oi-i-oi-oiko!
Tillee leari—[Try the battery!] hi oiko!
Z’ Lauterbach hab’ i mein Herz verlorn,
Ohne Herz kann i not [Try the battery!] leb’n.”
Clem Berry (Scipio Africanus) now takes the field:
“Only two dollars, gentlemen, takes you to Reno by this splendid Concord coach, landing you there at 6 o’clock in the evening, when you may [Try the battery!] sleep till the train arrives [Seventy-five miles northeast of Weaverville, in the State of California, where I saw the Indians—] from the East, when you [Try the battery!] get aboard [which removes all stains from the teeth] at the same time as the passengers by the Virginia and Truckee Railroad [Tillee oiko, hioiko!] and [Try the battery!] are perfectly fresh—[Oi-i-oi-oiko!]”