’Twas in his usual free-and-easy style,

With hands in pockets and his hat on side—

Singing Lard-dardy day!

Let us drink and be merry, laugh, sing, and rejoice,

With claret and sherry, theorbo and voice,

Merry-ton-ton-ton ta-lay!

King Charles at once removed his feathered tile.

“Keep on your hat, young man!” said William Penn,

“It is our Quaker way;

And people will not know that you are bald;