While the dancers lacked wisdom to know what to do,
For the strange situation was awkward and new;
But if they seemed foolish and often uncouth,
’Twas still but the weakness and folly of youth.
Now Twilley was thoughtful, and (not to repeat)
Though very good-natured, was also discreet;
He cautioned the men not to drink more than needed,
And, of course, he had felt his advice would be heeded,
But the men were but men, and the most were mere boys,
At that uncertain age called the “hobble-de-hoys,”