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MY LAST CIGAR.
'Twas off the blue Canary Isles,
A glorious summer day.
I sat upon the quarter deck,
WAKE, FRESHMEN, WAKE !
And whiffed my cares away ;
And as the volumed smoke arose,
Like incense in the air.
The stars brightly glancing,
I breath'd a sigh to think, in sooth,
Behold us advancing,
It was my last cigar.
And kindly smile upon us from on high ;
Our summons awaiting,
CHORUS.
With hearts loudly beating,
It was my last cigar ;
The Freshmen trembling on their couches lie.
It was my last cigar ;
I breath'd a sigh to think, in sooth,
It was my last cigar.
CHORUS.
Wake ! wake ! Freshmen, wake !
I leaned upon the quarter rail
Wake while our song smites the sky,
And looked down in the sea,
For now ere we leave you,
E'en there the purple wreath of smoke
We heartily give you,
Was curling gracefully.
A welcome into Delta Beta Xi.
O, what had I at such a time
To do with wasting care?
Alas ! the trembling tear proclaimed
While some sadly ponder,
It was my last cigar.
Still others will wonder
CHORUS.
Why we their doors in silence dead pass by ;
But, O fortunati !
I watched the ashes as it came
O terque beati !
Fast drawing to the end;
I watched it as a friend would watch
Who hears the mystic call of Beta Xi.
Beside a dying friend ;
CHORUS.
But still the flame crept slowly on ;
It vanished into air ;
I threw it from me, spare the tale,
It was my last cigar.
CHORUS.
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