The Masquerade at Vauxhall he'll go in State to see;

To Allah he has vowed it—to Allah and the Clown,

That in his royal Glass-Coach he will in State go down.

It's posted in all Quarters—it's stuck up in all Parts,

It's carried about by Boardmen and advertising Carts;

It is in every paper—it is on every wall,

That Ibrahim of Egypt is going to Vauxhall.

To-night the Clerks of London shall "Merry Monarchs" be;

To-night each Linendraper shall get his Captaincy;

The Tailors Metropolitan to-night shall strut as Greeks,