Hamelin’s Pied Piper stept,

From his reed pass’d notes so sweet

That the children all came running,

Captivated by his cunning,

Follow’d at his heels, and then

Never more returned again?

A spectacle like to that kind of thing

At Westminster now is happening;

The piper there, thinking the time is ripe,

Tootles aloud on his festive pipe.