by Keats · Cluster: Satire of Society · Epigram · Satire
Abstract
A refrain song cataloguing comic mishaps and human absurdities, each capped by ‘Huzza for folly O!’. It is a festive satire of human folly built on the figure of the fool.
Connections
Archetypes: Fool Motifs: Food and Feasting Themes & Concepts: Satire of Society, Joy Forms & Genres: Comic Verse Song, Satire
Testo integrale / Full text
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 Chip has kiss’d the sawyer,
Huzza for folly O!
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