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 HE Board is met—the names are read;
 * Elate of heart, the glad committee

Declare the mighty man has said
 * He’ll take “the freedom of the city.”

He thanks the Council, and the Mayor,
 * Presents ’em all his humble service;

And thinks he’s time enough to spare
 * To sit an hour or two with Jervis.9

Hurra! hurra! prepare the room—
 * Skaats!10 are the ham and oysters come?

Go—make some savory whiskey-punch,
 * The General takes it with his lunch;

For a sick stomach, ’tis a cure fit,
 * And vastly useful in a surfeit.

But see! the Mayor is in the chair;
 * The Council is convened again;

And ranged in many a circle fair,
 * The ladies and the gentlemen