The Willoughby Captains by Talbot Baines Reed

Author:Talbot Baines Reed [Reed, Talbot]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: child_prose

This poetic record of the virtues and accomplishments of their legendary school hero gave ample scope, as the reader may surmise, for spirited declamation; and on the present occasion more Welchers than Riddell were startled by the sudden and vehement outburst of the patriotic hymn. Indeed, as it appeared to be a point of honour with the vocalists to pitch no two voices in the same key, the effect was even alarming, and suggested the sudden letting loose of a menagerie.

The singers waited meekly for a few seconds to see whether their efforts had met with the success they deserved. But as a dead silence reigned, and no one came, they considerately determined to give their audience another chance; and therefore launched forthwith into the second verse, which was delivered with even more dramatic power than the first:

“Old Bouncer stood six foot and an inch, sir,

Bouncer! Bouncer! Bouncer!

And four foot round his chest was a pinch, sir,

Bouncer! Bouncer! Bouncer!

Twelve stone two was his fighting weight,

And he stroked our boat for the champion plate,

And ran his mile in four thirty-eight,

Bouncer! Bouncer! Bouncer!”

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