“ ‘And I diddle-diddle-diddle-diddle-diddle-diddle-de,

Till now I am the ruler of the Queen’s navee.’

“ ‘And I diddle-diddle-diddle-diddle-diddle-diddle-de, Till now I am the ruler of the Queen’s navee.’

“Now then, chorus⁠—it is the last two lines repeated, you know.

“And he diddle-diddle-diddle-diddle-diddle-diddle-dēē’d,

Till now he is the ruler of the Queen’s navēē.”

“And he diddle-diddle-diddle-diddle-diddle-diddle-dēē’d, Till now he is the ruler of the Queen’s navēē.”

164