And joined the Scotchy’s lilt,

Till all the rest were drunk or slept,

And all the casks a-tilt.

Then, as we staggered home at four,

It was a sight ter see

A-troopin’ from our “rubby” door

Our fan-tod familee!

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They tended on us jest like kings,

And darnced around the bunk,

And seemed, the ’fectionate little things,