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 The trappings of a monarchy would set up an ordinary 
commonwealth.  
 The trappings of a monarchy would set up an ordinary 
commonwealth. 
 St. George he was for England; St. Dennis was for France.
 Sing, "Honi soit qui mal y pense."  
 St. George he was for England; St. Dennis was for France.
 Sing, "Honi soit qui mal y pense." 
 Hail, glorious edifice, stupendous work!
 God bless the Regent, and the Duke of York.  
 Hail, glorious edifice, stupendous work!
 God bless the Regent, and the Duke of York. 
 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? 
intendest thou to kill me, as read more 
 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? 
intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedest the Egyptian? And 
Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known. 
 On the king's gate the moss grew gray;
 The king came not. They call'd him dead;
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 On the king's gate the moss grew gray;
 The king came not. They call'd him dead;
  And made his eldest son, one day,
   Slave in his father's stead. 
 I shall be an autocrat: that's my trade. And the good Lord will 
forgive me: that's his.
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 I shall be an autocrat: that's my trade. And the good Lord will 
forgive me: that's his.
 [Fr., Moi, je serai autocrate: c'est mon metier. Et le bon Dieu 
me pardonnnera: c'est son metier.] 
 Kings are like stars--they rise and set, they have
 The worship of the world, but no repose.  
 Kings are like stars--they rise and set, they have
 The worship of the world, but no repose. 
 'Tis a very fine thing to be father-in-law
 To a very magnificent three-tailed bashaw.  
 'Tis a very fine thing to be father-in-law
 To a very magnificent three-tailed bashaw. 
 Here lies our mutton-looking king,
 Whose word no man relied on,
  Who never said a foolish thing
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 Here lies our mutton-looking king,
 Whose word no man relied on,
  Who never said a foolish thing
   No ever did a wise one.