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In satin and in velvet,

Behold the younker dressed:

Bedizen'd o'er with ribbons,

A cross upon his breast.

Prime minister they made him;

He wore a star of state;

And all his poor relations

Were courtiers, rich and great.

The gentlemen and ladies

At court were sore distressed;

The queen and all her maidens

Were bitten by the pest,

And yet they dared not scratch them

Or chase the fleas away.

If we are bit, we catch them,

And crack without delay.

CHORUS (shouting)

If we are bit, etc.