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 it without lobsters, you know. Which shall sing?"

"Oh! sing!" said the Gryphon, "I've forgotten the words."

So they began solemnly dancing round and round Alice, every now and then treading on her toes when they came too close, and waving their fore-paws to mark the time, while the Mock Turtle sang, slowly and sadly, these words:

Beneath the waters the sea

Are lobsters thick as thick can be—

They love to dance with you and me,

My own, my gentle Salmon!"

The Gryphon joined in singing the chorus, which was:

Salmon come up! Salmon go down!

Salmon come twist your tail around!

Of all the fishes the sea

There's none so good as Salmon!"