Chorus of Officers:
All honour to the Lord therefore,
Not to speak of the Fourteenth Army Corps.
Emperor:
The Lord Be Praised! This cheering news
Will cure my cold and banish my blues.
I haven’t felt anything like so well
Since my gallant Navy with shot and shell
Bombarded the Scarborough Infant School
And the Orphan Asylum at Hartlepool.
Chorus of Officers:
He hasn’t felt anything like so well
Since the Babes were bombarded with shot and shell.
Emperor:
Enough! Enough! Less cheering please
With my nervous system it disagrees.
Alas! My joy
Is not without alloy.