The Happy King

Lyrics

Once there lived a happy king So the story I've been told He built himself a little town And he lived till he got very old Lived till he got very old And the people who lived in this town They were happy, so they claimed They laughed and danced all day and night And through the howling wind and rain Through the howling wind and rain And then one day, disaster struck It was on a sunny day A storm rose from Satters land And it blew the little town away Blew the little town away And the only two who did survivе There was Georgе and Mary Paul They were sad because their king was dead And they'd also lost their little home Also lost their little home So in the village market square They put a monument which read Long live the king of happiness But the king was just as happy dead King was just as happy dead And the people, they came from miles around Just to see this wondrous thing Dedicated to the one That they called the very happy king Called the very happy king Had some, they came to look at it And others, they came to laugh Then came the US tourist boys Just to take a little photograph Take a little photograph And the children there, they bored with him Only failed to understand For the smeared it with their lollipops And with their little grubby hands With their little grubby hands Oh, oh Oh Yes, in the village market square They put a monument which read Long live the king of happiness Although the king was just as happy dead King was just as happy dead I said the king was just as happy dead King was just as happy dead