And make good sport with ho, ho, ho!

"Sometimes you find me like a man,

Sometimes a hawk, sometimes a hound,

Then to a horse me turn I can,

And trip and troll about you round:

But if you stride my back to ride,

As swift as air I with you go,

O'er hedge, o'er lands, o'er pool, o'er ponds,

I run out laughing ho, ho, ho!

"When lads and lasses merry be,