Now all you gay people, be off in a jiffy,

To see this grand sight in London city,

If you do not go, it will be a pity,

Such a beautiful Lord Mayor’s Show;

If my Lord Mayor should give up the old coach,

In an old dung cart he will approach,

As sleek as an eel, as sly as a roach,

Such a big bellied man is the mayor.

Ride a cock horse to old Charing Cross,

To see the Lord Mayor on an old horse,