Tuppence-ha’penny!”

“Ah! tuppence-ha’penny!”

Well, little Queen Cole, as time did roll,

Fulfilled her destiny;

That is to say, in a genteel kind of way,

She had a large family.

So that Old King Cole felt anxious in his soul,

And with a deep sigh said he,

“Drat the people, if I ax ’em, why they won’t let me tax ’em,

For to fill my treasury.”