GREAT is King George the Fifth, | |
| for he has chained me to this fountain; | |
| He feeds me with beef-bones and wine. | |
| Great is King George the Fifth— | |
| His palace is white like marble, | 5 |
| His palace has ninety-eight windows, | |
| His palace is like a cube cut in thirds, | |
| It is he who has slain the Dragon | |
| and released the maiden Andromeda. | |
| Great is King George the Fifth; | 10 |
| For his army is legion, | |
| His army is a thousand and forty-eight soldiers | |
| with red cloths about their buttocks, | |
| And they have red faces like bricks. | |
| Great is the King of England and greatly to be feared, | 15 |
| For he has chained me to this fountain; | |
| He provides me with women and drinks. | |
| Great is King George the Fifth | |
| and very resplendent is this fountain. | |
| It is adorned with young gods riding upon dolphins | 20 |
| And its waters are white like silk. | |
| Great and Lofty is this fountain; | |
| And seated upon it is the late Queen, Victoria, | |
| The Mother of the great king, in a hoop-skirt, | |
| Like a woman heavy with child. | 25 |
| |
| Oh may the king live forever! | |
| Oh may the king live for a thousand years! | |
| For the young prince is foolish and headstrong; | |
| He plagues me with jibes and sticks, | |
| And when he comes into power | 30 |
| He will undoubtedly chain someone else to this fountain, | |
| And my glory will | |
| Be at an end. | |
| |
