: The Mirror of Literature Amusement and Instruction. Volume 19 No. 551 June 9 1832 by Various - Popular literature Great Britain Periodicals The Mirror of Literature Amusement and Instruction

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION.

Its establishment is stated to have cost the Duke of Marlborough ten thousand guineas.

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LE ROI D'YVETOT.

There once was a King, as they say, Though history says naught about it, Who slept sound by night and by day, And for glory--who just did without it; A night cap his diadem was, Which his maid used to air at the fire, And then put it on him, Such was his Coronation attire.

CHORUS.

"Lack-a-day, well-a-day!" then let us sing, And mourn for the loss of this good little King.

In a cottage his banquets were given, He lived upon four meals a-day, sir, On which diet he seems to have thriven: And an ass was his charger they say, sir, A dog was his life-guard, we're told, And many a peregrination Thus attended, he must have been bold, He made step and step through the nation.

CHORUS.

"Lack-a-day, well-a-day!" then let us sing, And mourn for the loss of this good little King.

His taste, for a monarch, was queer, But his motto was "live and let live, sir," He was thirsty, and fond of good beer, Which his subjects were happy to give, sir; He levied his taxes himself, A quart or a pint for his dinner, No exciseman went snacks in the pelf, No clerks had this jolly old sinner.

CHORUS.

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