Pinched from some forbidden dump,

Biscuits crunched to look like flour,

Cabbage sweet and onions sour—

Make the broth as thick as glue.

The General will inspect the stew.

All. Fire burn and dixie bubble,

Double toil or there'll be trouble.

Second Cook. 'Taters in the cauldron sink,

Peeled by hands as black as ink;

Portions of a slaughtered cat,