When remember I all the excellencies That make us go into supreme ecstasies Will someday be rotting fast away In the grave and eventually turn to clay; How my merry heart comes down At once, letting go of my lady's gown And my risen sun it duty shelves!
So all those ravishing things of jolly joy Which heaven on women glaring bestows That turn a beefy man to a lackey boy Shall by and by become shadows?
However I recalled the words of Solomon: That man needs must relish his ***** wife And his chosen work in this vain life. Hence my hanging duty again was done In jolly jolly yummy With my honey honey mummy.