A HOLIDAY TASK

_Air--Jullien's Polka_

Qui nunc dancere vult modo

Wants to dance in the fashion, oh!

Discere debet--ought to know,

Kickere floor cum heel et toe

One, two three,

Hop with me,

Whirligig, twirligig, rapidè.

Polkam jungere, Virgo, vis,

Will you join the Polka, Miss?

Liberius--most willingly.

Sic agimus--then let us try:

Nunc vide

Skip with me,

Whirlabout, roundabout, celerè.

Tum laevâ citò, tum dextrâ

First to the left, and then t' other way;

Aspice retrò in vultu,

You look at her, and she looks at you.

Das palmam,

Change hands ma'am

Celerè--run away, just in sham.

_Gilbert Abbott à Becket_.

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