Refrain:—Be ready with a plan in trouble!—
In manly virtues among the best.
Refrain:—Every lad should do so!
2. Twelve oxen were led to the market square,
And onward thence to a castle fair.
3. The King he thought to hew them to earth,
And with courage and joy did he sally forth.
4. The King he struck such a mighty blow
That the blood from the wounds did swiftly flow.
5. All the oxen fell down dead,