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I can't be perfectly sure, because I haven't the notes by me; but I think it goes something like this: te-rolly-loll-loll, loll lolly-loll-loll, O tolly-loll-loll-lee-ly-li-i-do! And then repeat, you know.

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Yes, I think it is very sweet—and very solemn and impressive, if you get the andantino and the pianissimo right.

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Oh, gum-drops, gum-drops! But I never allow them to eat striped candy. And of course they can't, till they get their teeth, anyway.

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What?

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Oh, not in the least—go right on. He's here writing—it doesn't bother him.