Merry-ton-ton-ton ta-lay!

BALLAD OF THE FOXES

There is a golden glory in my song

As of a picture by Carpaccio,

For it is of the early morning-time

When every man believed with tender faith

That animals could talk—oh, lovely lore!

So, lady, listen as the lay runs on.

There was a goose, and she was travelling

Across the land for her dyspepsia,