Sergeant: (Gets off barrel.) Don’t talk to me like that. I have my duties and I know them. (Looks round.) That was a boat; I hear the oars.
(Goes to the steps and looks down.)
Man: (Sings)—
O, then, tell me, Shawn O’Farrell,
Where the gathering is to be.
In the old spot by the river
Right well known to you and me!
Sergeant: Stop that! Stop that, I tell you!
Man: (Sings louder)—
One word more, for signal token,