Old King Cole went fishing with his fiddlers

a surreptitious craving for some chili bouillabaisse,

but all they caught were several tiny tiddlers,

an old skinny tuna and two baby manta rays.

He then settled down for to watch some television

but he couldn't quite put up with all the advertising hype,

intoned out loud the imperial decision:

to lay back upon the pillows with his effervescent pipe.

The Queen spent time in the parlor playing poker

as her lingerie fell like rain into the bowl,

defeated when some clever little joker

won the antes and her panties and her merry old soul.