Sing, hey! red pepper and rags!
You will find it out if you read the rest;
Oh, the horror of frowning crags!
Came lovers to woo her from ev’ry land—
Sing, hey! fried bacon and files!
They asked for her heart, but they meant her hand,
O the joy of the Happy Isles.
A haughty old Don from Oporto came;
Sing, hey! new carrots and nails!
The Duke Gorgonzola his famous name