 | James Henry Dixon - 1857 - 268 pagini
...the crown, the head of the State, which the King wore ' above his hair.' Second Verse. — This means that the King, ' before he died,' boasted that notwithstanding...vitality so great, that it would surpass and outlive every other form of government. Third Verse. — ' Dick the treble, Jack the mean, and George the bass,'... | |
 | Robert Bell, James Henry Dixon - 1857 - 264 pagini
...the crown, the head of the State, which the King wore ' above his hair.' Second Verse. — This means that the King, 'before he died,' boasted that notwithstanding...the kingdom was so good, and its vitality so great, Third Verse. — ' Dick the treble, Jack the mean, and George the bass,' mean King, Lords, and Commons.... | |
 | Robert Bell - 1885 - 490 pagini
...the crown, the head of the State, which the King wore ' above his hair.' Second Verse. — This means that the King, 'before he died,' boasted that notwithstanding...vitality so great, that it would surpass and outlive every other form of government. Third Verse, — ' Dick the treble, Jack the mean, and George the bass,'... | |
 | Joseph Arthur Gibbs - 1899 - 498 pagini
...wur vor a notable theng; He mead his braags avoore he died, Wi' any dree brothers his zons zshou'd zeng.' ' This meant that the king, " before he died,"...There's Dick the treble and John the mean (Let every mon zing in his auwn pleace); And Gaarge he wur the elder brother, And therevoore he would zing the... | |
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before he died," boasted that notwithstanding his present adversity, the ancient constitution of the kingdom was so good and its vitality so great that it would surpass and outlive any other form of government, whether republican, despotic, or protective. 