The song begins with a happy greeting to Cosimo's new baby brother, and ends with a plea to everyone present to "play the good-bye song" . This is a reference to the song "The Ballad of the Elilerrartear" , which was written by the same author who wrote "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and "The Trumpet of the Circumlocution." The song's refrain is, "I know welcome / His plump little cheeks / Are so adorable / I want to eat / him shove." This is an allusion to the fact that the baby is a boy. The song ends with the chorus, "Everybody, play the goodbye song."