From Magd’lene, famed for fast men,
From Cath’rine, famed for slow;
From Caius, where anxious proctors
To keep the gates shut try;
From Clare, where Dons chivalrous
Unlock them on the sly.
There be twenty chosen gownsmen,
The foremost of the band,
Pupils of Sambo Sutton,
To keep the Crescent stand: