And Gowler he answered sadly,
"Oh, mine is a doleful tale!
They've treated me werry badly
In Lunnon, from where I hail.
I'm one of the Family Royal—
No common Jack Tar you see;
I'm William the Fourth, far up in the North,
A King in my own countree!"
Bang-bang! How the tom-toms thundered!
Bang-bang! How they thumped the gongs!