"'Oh, dear! I can't understand that,' said the princess
'I dare say not. I didn't expect you would
But that's no reason why I shouldn't say it.'"

Let me pass, let me pass
I am hungry for sweeter grass
Let me pass, let me pass
Soon the first shall be the last
The shadows on the wall
Are not enough for me
I want the light behind
All the shadowed shapes

I shall soon graze in greener fields
Of grasses that whither not nor yield
My final prayer is a feeble bleat
The left path is never free
Let me pass, let me pass
Soon the first shall be the last