He who pays for the Pipe calls the tune—
Russian Bear!
Pooh! that old saw's quite obsolete.
Just look at that stocking! What matters men's mocking?
He'll pay, but your tune is so sweet—
Rat-tat-too!—
That it keeps him at work hands and feet!
How long? That remains to be seen,
Russian Bear;
But in spite of political spleen,