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The Prentices all they entered the room
By one, by two, by three,
With a sly grin came Joseph in,
First of the company.
By one, by two, by three,
With a sly grin came Joseph in,
First of the company.
The Surgeon swore as they enter’d his door,
’Twas fearful his oaths to hear,—
Now send these scoundrels to the Devil,
For God’s sake my brethren dear.
’Twas fearful his oaths to hear,—
Now send these scoundrels to the Devil,
For God’s sake my brethren dear.
He foam’d at the mouth with the rage he felt
And he wrinkled his black eye-brow,
That rascal Joe would be at me I know,
But zounds let him spare me now.
And he wrinkled his black eye-brow,
That rascal Joe would be at me I know,
But zounds let him spare me now.
Then out they sent the Prentices,
The fit it left him weak,
He look’d at his brothers with ghastly eyes,
And faintly struggled to speak.
The fit it left him weak,
He look’d at his brothers with ghastly eyes,
And faintly struggled to speak.
