While John, though quick, was most unsteady
Fred was a graceful kind of youth,
But John was very much the strongest.
"Oh, dance away," said she, "in truth,
I'll marry him who dances longest."
John tries the maiden's taste to strike
With gay, grotesque, outrageous dresses,
And dances comically, like
Clodoche and Co., at the Princess's.
But Freddy tries another style,