And taken the oaths in most secret bands,

Till now at last I seldom slip

On test or password, sign or grip.

And every day when I walk the street

I give the signs to the men I meet.

There’s the S. of T. and the K. of P.

And the League of the Order of Liberty;

Masons and Odd Fellows string along,

Thicker than flies in the moving throng.

Till it seems that every fellow could