Thomas Moore.

THE KING OF YVETOT[A]

THERE was a king of Yvetot,

Of whom renown hath little said,

Who let all thoughts of glory go,

And dawdled half his days abed;

And every night, as night came round,

By Jenny with a nightcap crowned,

Slept very sound:

Sing ho, ho, ho! and he, he, he!