And if you'll consent just to vote for us now,
We'll put a new tune to your old 'Speed the Plough!'"
Singing dumbledumdeary, &c.
Then HODGE, slightly puzzled, beheld (in his dream)
A legion of faces that flowed with the stream.
"There's two WILLIAMS, and JOEY, and JESSE!" he cried,
"SOLLY, BALFY, and JOKIM talk, too, from the tide,—"
Singing dumbledumdeary, &c.
"They're making a vast sight o' noise, and I fear,
Whilst they all shout together, their meaning's scarce clear.