Then Colum said to the mackerel: "Sing the song that is upon you!"

And the mackerel sang the song of the wild rovers of the sea, and the

lust of pleasure.

Then Colum said, "But for God's mercy, I would curse you, O false

fish."

Then he spake likewise to the dog-fish: and the dog-fish sang of

slaughter and the chase, and the joy of blood.