The lovely land of wine and melody.
[He sings.] There was a king in old times
That had a huge big flea—
Frosch.
Ha, ha! a flea!—he seems a man of taste!
A flea, I wis, is a most dainty guest?
Mephistopheles. [sings again]
There was a king in old times
That had a huge big flea,
As if it were his own son,