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.