As ever did battle for wrong or for right,
As ever resented the slightest slight,
Or broke an antagonist’s head.
Full tall was his stature, full stalwart his frame,
Full red was his hair, his beard was the same,
Mustachios and whiskers—whence his name,
His name of Sir Rupert the Red.
Sir Rupert he lived in a castle old,
Residence meet for a baron bold:
Thick were its walls, and dark and cold