The Fool’s Song + 

I tried to put a bird in a cage. + 

O fool that I am! + 

For the bird was Truth. + 

Sing merrily, Truth: I tried to put + 

Truth in a cage! + 

And when I had the bird in the cage, + 

O fool that I am! + 

Why, it broke my pretty cage. + 

Sing merrily, Truth; I tried to put + 

Truth in a cage! + 

And when the bird was flown from the cage, + 

O fool that I am! + 

Why, I had nor bird nor cage. + 

Sing merrily, Truth: I tried to put + 

Truth in a cage! + 

Heigh-ho! Truth in a cage. + 