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“

The Griffine, Bustard, Turkey & Capon
Lett other hungry Mortalls gape on
And on theire bones with Stomacks fall hard,
But lett All Souls' Men have ye Mallard.
CHORUS:
Hough the bloud of King Edward,
By ye bloud of King Edward,
It was a swapping, swapping mallard!

”

— Mallard Song, sung once a century at All Souls College

Source[edit]

Macleod, Donald (12 January 2001). "Oxford dons go quackers". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 December 2009.