It was Jenkins confused me, you know.

Now then.
[_Singing_; _his voice appearing to come from the cellar_, _and suggesting the first low warnings of an approaching earthquake_.
"'When I was young I served a term As office-boy to an attorney's firm.' (_Aside to pianist_): "It is too low, old man; we'll have that over again, if you don't mind." [_Sings first two lines over again_, _in a high falsetto this time_.
_Great surprise on the part of the audience_.

_Nervous old lady near the fire begins to cry_, _and has to be led out_.] HARRIS (_continuing_): "'I swept the windows and I swept the door, And I--' No--no, I cleaned the windows of the big front door.

And I polished up the floor--no, dash it--I beg your pardon--funny thing, I can't think of that line.

And I--and I--Oh, well, we'll get on to the chorus, and chance it (_sings_): "'And I diddle-diddle-diddle-diddle-diddle-diddle-de, Till now I am the ruler of the Queen's navee.' Now then, chorus--it is the last two lines repeated, you know.
GENERAL CHORUS: "And he diddle-diddle-diddle-diddle-diddle-diddle-dee'd, Till now he is the ruler of the Queen's navee." And Harris never sees what an ass he is making of himself, and how he is annoying a lot of people who never did him any harm.