But I'm to be Queen o' the May, mother—oh bother the Queen o' the May!
So please wake and call me early, call me early, mother dear,
That I may look out some winter wraps, fit for the spring this year.
To-morrow of this bitter "snap," I'm sure 'twill be the bitterest day,
For I'm to be Queen o' the May, mother, I'm to be Queen o' the May."
Punch, May 12, 1877.
Truth had a long parody describing the visit in 1877 of Dom Pedro, Emperor of Brazil, whose early rising, and insatiable appetite for sight-seeing were the topics of conversation. Two verses are sufficient to indicate the style:—
THE SIGHT-SEEING EMPEROR.
IF you're waking, call me early, "Boots," not later, please, than four,