The gates were barred, and all secure,

But he knocked and thumped with his oaken clump,

There's room within for I to be sure.

But when he got there, how he did stare,

To see the yeomen strutting about;

He scratched his head, and rubbed down his hair,

In the ear of a noble he gave a great shout:

"Pray, Mr Noble, show I the King;

Is that the King that I see there?

I see'd an old chap at Bartlemy fair