The Other, Other Ballade of Villon

And what more, where is the third Calixte

Darn near last dead of that name,

Who four years tended the papists?

Alphons, the royal Arragon

The graceful duc of Bourbon

And Artus duc of Bretaigne,

And Charles Seven the hon. ?

But where is the pert Charlemaigne?

Similarly, the royal Scottish

Whose half-face was, says one,

Vermillion as an amethyst

Right down the chinstrap from the front?

The King of Chippre, of reknown,

Helas! and the good king of Spain

Of whom I do not know the name?

But where is the pert Charlemaigne?

But of more talking I desist;

The world is nought but illusion.

There's none who against death resists

Nor who finds provision.

And yet ask a question:

Lacelot the king of Bretaigne,

Where is he? Where is his old man?

But where is the pert Charlemaigne?

Where is Claquin the bonny Breton?

Where is the count Dauphin of Auvergne

And the late good duc of Alencon?

But where is the pert Charlemaigne?