Good Beau Peep fans all looked out
On the feast of Stephen
When the snow lay round about?
Deep and crisp and even?
Brightly shone the moon that night?
Though the frost was cruel?
When a pilchard came in sight?
It was Mince the foo-ool
"Hither, page, and stand by me?
If thou know'st it, telling?
Yonder pilchard, who is he??
Where and what his dwelling?"?
"Sire, he lives a few leagues down?
Underneath the ocean?
Right amidst a coral reef?
With his mates, the plankton."??
"Bring me fish food, bring it now?
Bring me fish flakes hither?
Thou and I will see him dine?
When we bear him thither."?
Page and Peep fans forth they went?
Forth they went together?
Through the rude wind's wild lament?
And the bitter weather??
"Sire, the night is darker now?
And the wind blows stronger?
Fails my heart, I know not how,?
I can go no longer."?
"Mark my footsteps, my good page?
Tread thou in them boldly?
We must feed that watery twat,?
Freeze thy blood less coldly."??
In his master's steps he trod?
Where the snow lay dinted?
Heading towards that fish-faced sod?
(Who was quite demented)?
Therefore, Beau Peep fans, be sure?
Wealth or rank possessing?
Ye who help the aquatic Mince?
Will receive a blessing ?