Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Rip van. Burke Charles

all our cares repay,

      So laugh and dance the hours away.

CHORUS

      Now plenty, all our cares repay,

      So laugh and dance the hours away;

      Ha, ha, ha! Ha, ha, ha!

      So laugh, ha, ha! and dance the hours away.

      Vedder.

      Neighbour Clausen, on your way hither, saw you anything of our friend, Rip Van Winkle? Where there's a cup of good liquor to be shared, he's sure to be on hand—a thirsty soul.

      Knickerbocker.

      Truly, the man that turns up his nose at good liquor is a fool, as we Dutchmen have it; but cut no jokes on Rip; remember, I'm soon to be a member of his family: and any insult offered to him, I shall resent in the singular number, and satisfaction must follow, as the Frenchmen have it.