To drive dull care away."

There were other verses, but these will serve as specimens. All joined
in the chorus, and Doctor Mack, who remembered his own college life,
felt almost tempted to add his voice to those of the young men in the
opposite room.

"But, pshaw!" he thought. "What would Walter and his friends think to
hear an old graybeard like me taking part in the convivial songs?
There is no great harm in singing college songs, if it is accompanied
by good work in the recitation-room."

"Brothers," resumed Walter, "we will do our best to drive dull care
away. Let us forget, this happy evening, that there are such things as
logarithms, and sines, and tangents, and Greek tragedies. To-night our
hearts shall be uplifted by sentiment and song. Brother Corbett, you
will oblige us with 'Rumsty Ho!'"

A young man with a pleasant voice sang this song, one unfamiliar to
the doctor:

"A beggar man laid himself down to sleep,
Rumsty Ho! rumsty Ho!
A beggar man laid himself down to sleep
By the banks of the Mersey, so high and steep,
Rumsty Ho! rumsty Ho!

"Two thieves came walking by that way,
Rumsty Ho! rumsty Ho!
Two thieves came walking by that way,