[THE TALLY-HO.]
Heigh-ho! Here we go,
On top of the famous Tally-ho.
The cracking whip and tooting horn
Ring loud and clear on the frosty morn;
And the iron hoofs make a merry sound
As they clatter over the frozen ground.
Ta ra! Ta ra! Crack! Crack! Heigh-ho!
Then snap the whip, the bugle blow;
For this is the famous Tally-ho.
Our cheeks are red, our noses blue;
But we enjoy it, and so would you.
And we shall have hot pumpkin-pie
And apple-dumplings by-and-by;
A blazing fire to warm our feet,
And a maid to serve us, trim and neat.
Ta ra! Ta ra! Crack! Crack! Heigh-ho!
Then snap the whip, the bugle blow;
For this is the famous Tally-ho.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] A fip (the fivepenny bit of Pennsylvania currency) was a silver piece of the value of six and a quarter cents. A levy (a similar contraction for the elevenpenny bit) was twelve and a half cents in value. A few stray fips and levies still appear occasionally from old hordes of silver, but only pass now for dimes and half-dimes.