A horrid goat we have to ride, + 

With long horns and shaggy hide, + 

And that the beast we have to stride well + 

Without saddle or a bridle. + 

Friends, with pleasure we do meet you, + 

And with hearty welcome greet you; + 

With many we have met before, + 

So pleasantly in days of yore. + 

But some new faces we do find, + 

And hope they’ll criticise us kind; + 

Abroad for talent we don’t roam, + 

But friends and neighbors here at home + 

Will give us now a splendid treat, + 

With speeches good and songs so sweet; + 

And instruments whose soothing charms + 

Will banish cares and our alarms. + 

In friendly deeds they lead the van, + 

Both Oxford and Samaritan, + 

To relieve brothers in distress, + 

And bounteously the widows bless. + 