There was a mad man he had a mad wife And they lived in a mad town; And they had children three at birth And mad they were every one The father was mad, the mother was mad And the children mad beside; And they all got on a mad horse And madly they did ride They rode by night and they rode by day Yet never a one of them fell; They rode so madly all the way Till they came to the gates of hell Old Nick was glad to see them so mad And he gladly let them in: But he soon grew sorry to see them so merry And he let them out again