by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Ha ha, this world doth pass
Language: English 
Ha ha! ha ha! this world doth pass
  Most merrily, I’ll be sworn;
For many an honest Indian ass
  Goes for an Unicorn.
        Farra, diddle dino;
        This is idle fino.

Ty hye! ty hye! O sweet delight!
  He tickles this age that can
Call Tullia’s ape a marmosyte
  And Leda’s goose a swan.
        Farra diddle dino;
        This is idle fino.

So so! so so! fine English days!
  When false play’s no reproach:
For he that doth the coachman praise,
  May safely use the coach.
        Farra diddle dino;
        This is idle fino.

Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age, ed. by A. H. Bullen, London, John C. Nimmo, 1887, page 36.

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