Who Has A Thing To Bring For A Gift To Our Lord The King, Our King All Kings Above? A Young Girl Brought Him Love; And He Dowered Her With Shame, With A Sort Of Infamous Fame, And Then With Lonely Years Of Penance And Bitter Tears: Love Is Scarcely The Thing To Bring As A Gift For Our King. Who Has A Thing To Bring For A Gift To Our Lord The King? A Statesman Brought Him Planned Justice For All The Land; And He In Recompense Got Fierce Struggle With Brigue And Plot, Then A Fall From Lofty Place Into Exile And Disgrace Justice Is Never The Thing To Bring As A Gift For Our King. Who Has A Thing To Bring For A Gift To Our Lord The King? A Writer Brought Him Truth; And First He Imprisoned The Youth; And Then He Bestowed A Free Pyre That The Works Might Have Plenty Of Fire, And Also To Cure The Pain Of The Headache Called Thought In The Brain: Truth Is A Very Bad Thing To Bring As A Gift For Our King. Who Has A Thing To Bring For A Gift To Our Lord The King? The People Brought Their Sure Loyalty Fervid And Pure; And He Gave Them Bountiful Spoil Of Taxes And Hunger And Toil, Ignorance, Brutish Plight, And Wholesale Slaughter In Fight: Loyalty'S Quite The Worst Thing To Bring As A Gift For Our King. Who Has A Thing To Bring For A Gift To Our Lord The King? A Courtier Brought To His Feet Servility Graceful And Sweet, With An Ever Ready Smile And An Ever Supple Guile; And He Got In Reward The Place Of The Statesman In Disgrace: Servility'S Always A Thing To Bring As A Gift For Our King. Who Has A Thing To Bring For A Gift To Our Lord The King? A Soldier Brought Him War, La Gloire, La Victoire, Ravage And Carnage And Groans, For The Pious Te Deum Tones; And He Got In Return For Himself Rank And Honours And Pelf: War Is A Very Fine Thing To Bring As A Gift For Our King. Who Has A Thing To Bring For A Gift To Our Lord The King? A Harlot Brought Him Her Flesh, Her Lusts, And The Manifold Mesh Of Her Wiles Intervolved With Caprice; And He Gave Her His Realm To Fleece, To Corrupt, To Ruin, And Gave Himself For Her Toy And Her Slave: Harlotry'S Just The Thing To Bring As A Gift For Our King. Who Has A Thing To Bring For A Gift To Our Lord The King, Our King Who Fears To Die? A Priest Brought Him A Lie, The Blackness Of Hell Uprolled In Heaven'S Shining Gold; And He Got As Guerdon For That A See And A Cardinal'S Hat: A Lie Is An Excellent Thing To Bring As A Gift For Our King. Has Any One Yet A Thing For A Gift To Our Lord The King? The Country Gave Him A Tomb, A Magnificent Sleeping-Room; And For This It Obtained Some Rest, Clear Riddance Of Many A Pest, And A Hope Which It Much Enjoyed That The Throne Would Continue Void: A Tomb Is The Very Best Thing For A Gift To Our Lord The King.