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 I'd like to be a queen in people's hearts but I don't see myself 
being Queen of this country.  
 I'd like to be a queen in people's hearts but I don't see myself 
being Queen of this country. 
 'Ave you 'eard o' the Widow at Windsor
 With a hairy old crown on 'er 'ead?
  She read more 
 'Ave you 'eard o' the Widow at Windsor
 With a hairy old crown on 'er 'ead?
  She 'as ships on the foam--she 'as millions at 'ome,
   An' she pays us poor beggars in red. 
 The gates of monarchs
 Are arched so high that giants may jet through
  And keep their impious read more 
 The gates of monarchs
 Are arched so high that giants may jet through
  And keep their impious turbans on without
   Good morrow to the sun. 
 Many a crown
 Covers bald foreheads.  
 Many a crown
 Covers bald foreheads. 
 The king-becoming graces,
 As justice, verity, temp'rance, stableness,
  Bounty, perseverance, mercy, lowliness,
   Devotion, patience, read more 
 The king-becoming graces,
 As justice, verity, temp'rance, stableness,
  Bounty, perseverance, mercy, lowliness,
   Devotion, patience, courage, fortitude,
    I have no relish of them, but abound
     In the division of each several crime,
      Acting in many ways. 
 Unhappy France! Unhappy King!
 [Fr., Malheureuse France! Malheureux roi!]  
 Unhappy France! Unhappy King!
 [Fr., Malheureuse France! Malheureux roi!] 
 He who knows not how to dissimulate, can not reign.
 [Fr., Qui ne sait dissimuler, ne sait regner.]  
 He who knows not how to dissimulate, can not reign.
 [Fr., Qui ne sait dissimuler, ne sait regner.] 
 When kings are building, draymen have something to do.
 [Ger., Wenn die Konige bau'n, haben die Karrner zu thun.]  
 When kings are building, draymen have something to do.
 [Ger., Wenn die Konige bau'n, haben die Karrner zu thun.]