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   While waiting debating I stated before,

   Jack Merdle drove up in his carriage and bays,

   “Halloo,” said the banker, “I see you’re ashore—

   No wonder—this weather is all in a haze—

   But come in my carriage, and truly confess

   You’re a victim of hunger and dinner down town;

   A case of most common distressing distress;

   When dining in public with Jones, Smith or Brown,

   Or some other practical men of the nation,

   Is worse on the whole than a little starvation.

   But come home with me for the sake of Lang Syne,

   And see Mrs. Merdle and see how we dine.

   I must not expect,” he advised in advance,

   “To meet with a dinner got up in perfection,

   But must run the risk of the luck and the chance,

   As candidates do on the day of election.”