Then Waddington sprang to his feet,
And warmly did his neighbors greet;
Then shook him warmly by the hand,
And said, "Come, let us seal the band."
And then with fixed and mellow eye
He gazed on high as he stood by
His rugged friend and neighbor, too,
Then St. Lawrence bade him what to do.
"My dear old friend, sit down, sit down;
'Tis easy for us now to drown
All obstacles that's in our way
To carry out our plan today."
Then he proceeded to relate
How easy men in Empire State
Could call in witness to their deed
And satisfy all fortune's creed.
"Now, look-a-here, my friend St. Lawrence,
You cannot be too quick
To tell me how we'll do all this
And make this bargain stick."