"One Meat Ball" is a variation on "The Lone Fish Ball," which appeared with musical score in H. R. Waite, editor, "Carmina Collegensia," 1868, the song copyright R. Starrs Willis, on p. 15, 12 verses. It is grouped among the songs of Harvard University. Also printed in the edition of 1876.

The lyrics to "The Lone Fish Ball" in the DT are correct, but in the 1868 printing, the last two verses are given the subtitle "Moral."

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