President. "Prolonged feshtivitish!" Thash good, that ish!

Very prolonged, ole f'ler, an' awf'ly feshtive!

Tzar. Yesh, tha' what shtruck me! (Aside.) But I really wish

He wouldn't gush. Romanoff pride turns reshtive!

President. Sho glad it shtruck you sho! An' nurrer thing

You mush ha' notish'd. Feeling of fraternity

All over shop! I shay, may friendship's wing

Ne'er moult a feather, not to all eternity.

Tzar. I echosh tha' fine Shwiveller shentiment

Entirely! (Aside.) I must not appear too sober.

President. Now Fransh ish shatishfied—an' world content!

Republic won't forget thish last October!

Feelingsh of concord, cetra, will survive

Last echosh of feshtivitish—for ever!

Tzar. Oh, coursh! Asshure you I am quite alive

To reshiproshity—shan't forget it—never!

President. Thash ri' ole f'ler! Our resh—hic!—proshity—

Not like the comic Yankee's, all one shide?

Tzar. Certainly not! Shorry to say good-bye!

But though our bodiesh part, our soulsh are tied.

President. Precishly! We're both tight—mean tied—in knotsh.

The champagne, an' the speeches, an' the kisshes

Have bound our bosomsh, and combined our lotsh!

Tzar. Quite sho! (Aside.) I'll watch a chance to hint my wishes.

President. We've had a jolly time, and now, ole f'ler,

Ash "coping-shtone" to all this talk and toddy,

As shequel to thish patr'otic stir,

I'm going to amneshty—yesh, everybody!

Wha' shay, dear Romanoff, will you do same?

Jush show, y' know, that thersh no animoshity!

Tzar (aside). Oh, that is the Republic's little game?

Russia can't stand that form of reciprocity!

(Aloud.) All ri', ole f'ler, you jush leave that to Me!

Mosh noble notion, that shame "coping-shtone!"

By way, ole f'ler, talking of amneshty—

Could you just 'blige me with a trifling Loan?