In The Days Of Long Ago


OH! what a happy time, ‘tis said,
When good Queen Bertha spun her thread!
For in that wonder-working day
The doctors cured, nor asked for pay;
The lawyers, men of great renown,
When pleading wore no wig and gown;
And kings who lived at that time, too,
Had very little else to do
Than eat four hearty meals a day,
Then simply fold their arms, they say;
But then this all took place, ‘tis said,
When good Queen Bertha spun her thread!