From an original by A.A. Milne:

They're changing bards at Buckingham Palace –

Carol Ann Duffy's passing the chalice

Ten years service enough for one bard.

"A poet's life is terrible hard,"

Says Alice.

They're changing bards at Buckingham Palace –

Andrew Green went down with Alice.

We saw a guard in a sentry-box.

"They're guarding all the poetry books"

Says Alice.

They're changing bards at Buckingham Palace –

Andrew Green went down with Alice.

We looked for the Queen but she never came.

"Just write her a poem all the same,"

Says Alice.

They're changing bards at Buckingham Palace –

Andrew Green went down with Alice.

They've great big parties inside the grounds.

"I wouldn't be Queen for a hundred pounds,"

Says Alice.

They're changing bards at Buckingham Palace –

Andrew Green went down with Alice.

A face looked out, but it wasn't the Queen's

"She's much too busy a-signing things,"

Says Alice.

They're changing bards at Buckingham Palace –

Andrew Green went down with Alice.

"Do you think the Queen knows all about me?"

"Sure to, dear, but it's time for tea,"

Says Alice.