Extracts from an Opera: Folly's Song

When wedding fiddles are a-playing,

Huzza for folly O!

And when maidens go a-Maying,

Huzza for folly O!

When a milk-pail is upset,

Huzza for folly O!

And the clothes left in the wet,

Huzza for folly O!

When the barrel's set abroach,

Huzza for folly O!

When Kate Eyebrow keeps a coach,

Huzza for folly O!

When the pig is over-roasted,

Huzza for folly O!

And the cheese is over-toasted,

Huzza for folly O!

When Sir Snap is with his lawyer,

Huzza for folly O!

And Miss Chap has kiss'd the sawyer,

Huzza for folly O!