And on their bones with stomachs fall hard,
But let All Souls’ men have their Mallard.
Chorus—O by the blood of King Edward,
It was a swapping, swapping Mallard!
“The Romans once admired a gander
More than they did their chief Commander,
Because he saved, if some don’t fool us,
The place that’s named from the scull of Tolus.[194]
Chorus, etc.
“The poets feign Jove turned a swan,