He lived upon four meals a-day, sir,

On which diet he seems to have thriven:

And an ass was his charger they say, sir,

A dog was his life-guard, we're told,

And many a peregrination

Thus attended, he must have been bold,

He made step and step through the nation.

CHORUS.

"Lack-a-day, well-a-day!" then let us sing,

And mourn for the loss of this good little King.