St Nicholas [serial] . race of your Majesty, Old King Cole. Now lots of regular exercise is the proper thing for you;And if you get rid of a pound a day,Perhaps, in a year or two, you 11 weighNo more than you ought to THE TRUTH ABOUT OLD KING COLE 233 And then I hope it will long remain unnecessary to condole With the melancholy widow of his late lamented Majesty, Old King Cole. IV So Old King Cole he took the hint (he was a man of sense),And though he was fat and his breath was short,He went in hard for all kinds of sport; His energy was ve even seen him throw the hammer, and
St Nicholas [serial] . race of your Majesty, Old King Cole. Now lots of regular exercise is the proper thing for you;And if you get rid of a pound a day,Perhaps, in a year or two, you 11 weighNo more than you ought to THE TRUTH ABOUT OLD KING COLE 233 And then I hope it will long remain unnecessary to condole With the melancholy widow of his late lamented Majesty, Old King Cole. IV So Old King Cole he took the hint (he was a man of sense),And though he was fat and his breath was short,He went in hard for all kinds of sport; His energy was ve even seen him throw the hammer, and climb the greasy pole—You d never have thought there was so much go in his Majesty, Old King Cole. And then he joined the Punchyerheads, that famed foot-ball eleven;He was equally smart in every place;He ran at a fairly tremendous pace, And could plow through the rush-line all the people exclaimed, as they saw him kick his fifteenth goal:Why, he is the cream of all the team, is his Majesty, Old King -fe-*« ual*/k!&i£?£,fi. - AND ALL THE PEOPLE EXCLAIMED, AS THEY SAW HIM KICK HIS FIFTEENTH GOAIWHY, HE IS THE CREAM OF ALL THE TEAM, IS HIS MAJESTY, OLD KING COLE. VI But nothing seemed of the slightest use, and all this exerciseJust made him hungrier than before,So he ate no less, but a good deal more, And grew in weight and all the people used to say they never had seen so drollA figure in all their lives as the figure of his Majesty, Old King ColeVol. 234 THE TRUTH ABOUT OLD KING COLE VIIThe doctor came and stroked his beard, and sighed, and shook his head:It s better that you should know the worst:In a very short time you re going to burst;It s a hopeless case, he said;And I maintain that a man must be as blind as a bat or a mole,If he cannot see what the fate will be of his Majesty, Old King Cole. VIII Then Old King Cole he thought to himself, and said: If that is so,Before this tragedy comes to pass,I 11 order a fine large case of gl
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