(Note: the boldface asterisked syllables get a downbeat.)
One-ce - upon a time a *Persian A King they call A*chashverosh; Once - a-for a light di*version, Said: "*Vashti, strip *down just a '*skosh'!" She re*fused. He yelled: "*Downright sedition And you're - no - fun," He got *up a new *queen competeition, And guess - who - won? Yes! *Esther was so *pretty, But *that's not how our *story ends; *Here's the nitty *gritty *con-*se-*quence - friends! *Heyy-Man, the *best is yet to *come, Sir! 'Cause *Ha-man, that *lousy rotten *momzer, *He's *the *One! On the *sly, Morde*cai Keeping *touch, nearby He's *gotta make sure his *Esther's okay. She *better hang on to the *old fashioned way. Haman *spots Cousin Mort, Strolling *by the court; Says: "*Mordecai freeze - Get *down on your knees, 'r *else *there's gonna be a slaughter. Mort - *says - no But here we are *into the very last *quarter. *Estherkind Has *gotta get wind This rotten plot she's *gotta rescind. Esther - bird, She gets word, Says "It's *all - absurd. I'll *run to the King, He'll *fix everything." She *gives him a ring, And it's *ring-a-ding-ding. Haman *chokes at the *bad "noose"; As *you can see, Ham's *up a tree *Swinging, *singing. "What a *chill this Me*gillah gives *me every time."