A Holiday Tale

A commoner King usurps the crown Marries a blueblood of royal renown Drunk as can be, in an imperial mood Orders the Queen to appear stark nude Before his commoner friends, no less She refuses, of course, precipitating a mess The King has the Queen killed Then sobers up and isn't too thrilled At the loss of great beauty For just doing his duty To ensure that every man is king of his castle Not subject to wifely disobedience or hassle So, he holds a beauty contest, and the girl who won Won't tell her real name, who she is, where she's from 'Til the day she tells the King that his right-hand man Is plotting to kill her, her family and all Jews in all lands Wicked Haman is hanged, and the Jews skirt disaster The Holiday of Purim's today ~ May we never outlast her According to Jewish tradition, the Coming of the Messiah will cancel all Jewish festivals---except Purim.