Of Ten-pins, I roamed with my soul,—

Of Ten-pins,—with Mary, my soul;

They were days when my heart was volcanic,

And impelled me to frequently roll,

And make me resistlessly roll,

Till my ten-strikes created a panic

In the realms of the Boreal pole,

Till my ten-strikes created a panic

With the monkey atop of his pole.

I repeat, I was perfectly sober,