Parody sung by J. P. Harley in Planché’s Sleeping Beauty, Covent Garden, April 20, 1840.
Who would be Great Grand Lord High?
All the blame on him must lie;
Everywhere for him they cry
Up and down stairs he must fly—
After all folks verily!—
Verily! Verily!—Few could live now
Under the honours beneath which I bow!
——:o:——
Prospero