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The King of Peru
(Who was Emperor too)
 Had a sort of a rhyme
  Which was useful to know,
If he felt very shy
When a stranger came by,
 Or they asked him the time
  When his watch didn’t go;

 

Or supposing he fell
(By mistake) down a well,
 Or he tumbled when skating
  And sat on his hat,
Or perhaps wasn’t told,
Till his porridge was cold,
 That his breakfast was waiting—
  Or something like that;