Or good, or bad, or saints, or sinners—

I bear no malice; nor would take

A leaf from any books they make;

Why then, should they, for mercy's sake,

Pursue me till my senses ache

With that relentless "Hall the Winners?"

If it were only but a few,

But "Hall the Winners!"—why, the crew

Must winning be the whole year through!

Why can't a veteran or two