"Is the Prince asleep? I would like to see;

Is the robin asleep in the cherry-tree,

And every little flower?

"The flowers are awake and play with the

bees,

The robins, they sing in the cherry-trees,

And the Prince is the gladdest of all;

For he's merry and wide awake, of course,

He is prancing about on his rocking-horse,

Or else he is playing at ball."