ed!
Dead heat at five-feet-four.

(_During the song Romulus and Remus run and jump. Romulus wins the
race, but the high jump is a dead heat_.)

_Romulus (in a temper_).
Remus is a sharper,
Remus is a cheat,
Remus collared my side,
And made it a dead heat.
I'll collar Remus' side,
Whether he likes or no;
I'll not be done by him -
At least, without a row.

_Remus (derisively_).
Romulus, he makes a fuss
Because he's been licked by his brother.
Let him alone, and he'll go home;
Who cares for his noise and his bother?

_Chorus (reproachfully_).
This is the way they always go, always go, always go,
Quarrel and kick up no end of a row,
From the time they get up in the morning.
Leave them alone and let them be, let them be, let them be;
If they can't be civil, let us agree On this beautiful May-day
morning.

(_Exeunt dancing, leaving Romulus and Remus fighting_.)

Scene II.

On the Site of Rome.

Four Years Later.

_Enter Romulus and Remus lovingly, with their arms round each other's
necks_.

_Rom_.
Good old Remus, ain't I fond of you!
Oh, what a brick you are! I love you so!

_Rem_.
I never knew a chap I liked like Romly,
So gentle, kind, good-looking, bold and comly.

_Rom_.
You make me blush, my Remy; _you're_ the brick,
Through thick and thin I vow to you I'll stick.

_Rem_.
Thank you. Suppose, to mark our vows,
We raise a monument or build a house.

_Rom_.
Why, while we're at it, let us build a city,
The greatest in the world!
List to my ditty:
(_Sings_).

This is the town that Romulus and Remus built.

These are the walls that go round the town that Romulus and Remus built.

These are the boys that built the walls that go round the town that
Romulus and Remus built.

These are the poets who sing of the boys that built the walls that go
round the town that Romulus and Remus built.

These are the scholars who read the poets who sing of the boys who built
the walls that go round the town that Romulus and Remus built.

These are the schoolboys who learn from the scholars who read the poets
who sing of the boys who built the walls that go round the town that
Romulus and Remus built.

This is the book which is read by the schoolboys who learn from the
scholars who read the poets who sing of the boys who built the walls
that go round the town that Romulus and Remus built.

_Rem_.
Bravo, Romly. Let