"Scarron was like a wild Indian. He danced and shouted, and when that did not satisfy him, he started singing 'Yankee Doodle,' but finally got on to his favorite chorus:
"'Charge the can cheerily,
Send it round merrily;
Here's to our country and captains commanding;
To all who inherit
Of Bainbridge the spirit,
Disdaining to strike while a stick is left standing.'"
"That Scarron must be quite a poet, or pote, as Bob calls him," said Hamilton, "for Bob is always singing, and when I ask him where he learned the words, he always answers in the one word 'Scarron.'"
"Did he tell you the verse Scarron declares the men on the Guerriere sang when going into action?"
"No; what was it?"
"You remember the words, Tempest, don't you?"
"I think so," answered Tempest; "they ran something after this fashion:
"'Brave Dacres waved his sword,
And he cried: "Now, lads, aboard;
We'll soon stop their singing,
Yankee Doodle Dandy, O!"'"
"Yes, those were the words, and I remember Scarron singing a song giving our side of the story:
"'Ye tars of our country, who seek on the main,
The cause for the wrongs your country sustain,
Rejoice and be merry, for bragging John Bull,
Has got a sound drubbing from brave Captain Hull.'"