That is the crest for the sweet little man.

Oh, but the Apron-string Guards are the fellows!

Drilling each day since our trouble began,—

“Handle your walking-sticks!” “Shoulder umbrellas!”

That is the style for the sweet little man.

Have we a nation to save? In the first place

Saving ourselves is the sensible plan.

Surely, the spot where there’s shooting’s the worst place

Where I can stand, says the sweet little man.

Catch me confiding my person with strangers,