Page:Four excellent songs (2).pdf/3

 So frighten’d was he that he quite ran away, And never was seen till this very day. Ri too la ro, &c.

As to Von Clam he continu’d to fly, Till he could’nt be seen with the naked eye: But with a telescope him you might see A flying about just like a parch’d pea. Ri too la ro, &c.

It was about two years or more, Since poor Von Clam so high did soar, When in Holland was heard a most terrible sound, Aud something fell wop right slap on the ground. Ri too la ro, &c.

The people all ran together in crowds To see what had fall’n from the clouds; And they all in amazement were staring around, To see Von Clam sitting bang on the ground. Ri too la ro, &c.

They put him to bed but ’twas near a week Before he recovered sufficient to speak; And the first thing he said when he’d taken a swig, ’Twas I've been to the sun and he burnt oft my wig. Ri too la ro, &c.

Says Von Clam, From this time, I vow and declare, I never will wear a wig of false hair; And whene’er I marry, without any sham, My wife shall have me just as I am. Ri too la ro, &c.