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 Knowest thou not that kings have long hands?
 [Lat., An nescis longos regibus esse manus?]  
 Knowest thou not that kings have long hands?
 [Lat., An nescis longos regibus esse manus?] 
 Hener was the hero-king,
 Heaven-born, dear to us,
  Showing his shield
   A shelter for read more 
 Hener was the hero-king,
 Heaven-born, dear to us,
  Showing his shield
   A shelter for peace. 
 'Ave you 'eard o' the Widow at Windsor
 With a hairy old crown on 'er 'ead?
  She read more 
 'Ave you 'eard o' the Widow at Windsor
 With a hairy old crown on 'er 'ead?
  She 'as ships on the foam--she 'as millions at 'ome,
   An' she pays us poor beggars in red. 
 That man is deceived who thinks it slavery to live under an 
excellent prince. Never does liberty appear in read more 
 That man is deceived who thinks it slavery to live under an 
excellent prince. Never does liberty appear in a more gracious 
form than under a pious king.
 [Lat., Fallitur egregio quisquis sub principe credet
  Servitutem. Nunquam libertas gratior extat
   Quam sub rege pio.] 
 I dare be bold, you're one of those
 Have took the covenant,
  With cavaliers are cavaliers
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 I dare be bold, you're one of those
 Have took the covenant,
  With cavaliers are cavaliers
   And with the saints, a saint. 
And kind as kings upon their coronation day.
And kind as kings upon their coronation day.
 St. George he was for England; St. Dennis was for France.
 Sing, "Honi soit qui mal y pense."  
 St. George he was for England; St. Dennis was for France.
 Sing, "Honi soit qui mal y pense." 
 That the king can do no wrong is a necessary and fundamental 
principle of the English constitution.  
 That the king can do no wrong is a necessary and fundamental 
principle of the English constitution.