Why, then the world's mine oyster,
Which I with sword will open.

Why, then the world's mine oyster,
Which I with sword will open.

When the mischief is done the door is shut.

When the mischief is done the door is shut.

Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.

Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.

After supper walk a mile.

After supper walk a mile.

O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.

O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.

But civlyzation doos git forrid
Sometimes upon a powder-cart.

But civlyzation doos git forrid
Sometimes upon a powder-cart.

'Twas Christmas broached the mightiest ale,
'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale.

'Twas Christmas broached the mightiest ale,
'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale.

I tell the tale as it was told to me.

I tell the tale as it was told to me.

A bad dog never sees the Wolfe.

A bad dog never sees the Wolfe.