Little Boy Blue, Extended Edition

Little Boy Blue,
Come blow your horn.
The sheep's in the meadow,
The cow's in the corn.
Where is the boy
Who looks after the sheep?
He's under a haystack,
He's fast asleep!

Little Boy Blue
Come take your vows
Now put up your toys
You’re clergy now
Fifteen years old
Already so high
Nothing to do with
Your father’s bribes

Little Boy Blue
Chaplain to Kings
Greedy for power
And everything!
Marry the crown
To his brother’s bride
But both of you can
Keep someone on the side!

Little Boy Blue
Maker of peace
The King wants a war
So those efforts must cease!
Ally with Spain
Then the Emperor instead
Whatever will get you
That Cardinal’s red!

Little Boy Blue
Writes to endorse
“Your Holiness
May my monarch divorce?
He wants an heir
She won’t give him a son
Anne is quite cute
And I hear - lots of fun!

Little Boy Blue
Gets back a no
And makes the King envy
His fancy chateau
Stripped of his wealth
And declared unfit
He died two weeks later
From blood in his — stool

Little Boy Blue
Now just a punchline
A rapid ascension
A rapid decline
What is there left
To say of your time?
The King got a palace
The children, a rhyme!