A prize parody competition on Campbell’s song took place in Truth, and fifteen versions were printed on July 1, 1886. Of these the first verses of a few may be quoted:—
You Grand Old Man of England,
So fond of felling trees.
Ah, little did you think your Bill
Would stir up such a breeze.
Give ear unto your trusted friends,
Who vainly try to show
All their doubts and their fears,
When your honeyed words do flow.
Agelastes.