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They told him, the chorus was generally unmeaning. 'I take it, said he, 'Erse songs are like a song which I remember: it was composed in Queen Elizabeth's time, on the Earl of Essex; and the burthen was "Radaratoo, radarate, radara tadara tandore."
'But surely, said Mr M'Queen, 'there were words to it, which had meaning. JOHNSON. 'Why, yes, sir, I recollect a stanza, and you shall have it: "O! then bespoke the prentices all, Living in London, both proper and tall, For Essex's sake they would fight all. Radaratoo, radarate, radara, tadara, tandore."
The full verse is as follows: Oh! then bespoke the prentices all, Living in London, both proper and tall, In a kind letter sent straight to the Queen, For Essex's sake they would fight all. When Mr M'Queen began again to expatiate on the beauty of Ossian's poetry, Dr Johnson entered into no further controversy, but, with a pleasant smile, only cried, 'Ay, ay; Radaratoo, radarate.
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