"Strike up!"
"What?"
"The 'Scoodoo abscook!'" cried Mr Figgs.
"No; 'The Old Cow!'" cried Buttons.
"'The Pig by the Banks of the River!'" said the Doctor.
"Dick, don't," said the Senator. "I'll tell you an appropriate song. These Frenchmen believe in France. We believe in America. Each one thinks there is nothing like Leather. Sing 'Leather,' then."
FIGGS. BUTTONS. THE DOCTOR.} "Yes, 'Leather!'"
"Then let it be 'Leather,'" said Dick; and he struck up the following (which may not be obtained of any of the music publishers), to a very peculiar tune:
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"Mercury! Patron of melody,