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We couldn't sit and study for the law; / The stagnation of a bank we couldn't stand; / For our riot blood was surging, and we didn't need much urging / To excitements and excesses that are banned.
So we took to wine and drink and other things, / And the devil in us struggled to be free; / Till our friends rose up in wrath, and they pointed out the path, / And they paid our debts and packed us o'er the sea.