For I must prove the G.C.M., and substitute for a,
For I'm to be first in the May, Filcher, I'm to be first in the May.
As I came through the College Backs, whom think ye should I see
But the Junior Dean upon the Bridge proceeding out to tea?
He thought of that Ægrotat, Filcher, I pleaded yesterday,—
But I'm to be first in the May, Filcher, I'm to be first in the May.
There are men that come and go, Filcher, who care not for a class,
And their faces seem to brighten if they get a common pass;
They never do a stitch of work the whole of the live-long day,—
But I'm to be first in the May, Filcher, I'm to be first in the May!