IN PRAISE OF PENTONVILLE.
["The healthiest place in England is Pentonville Prison."—Daily Graphic.]
Is it sadey ye're falin' an' pale, me bhoy,
Loike a sprat that has swallered a whale, me bhoy?
The best thing Oi know
Is a sixer or so
On skilly an' wather in jail, me bhoy.
Ye're free from all koinds o' temptations, lad,
Ye can't overate on thim rations, lad,
There's so much a-head
O' skilly an' bread
Accordin' to jail regulations, lad.
They trate ye wid fatherly care, me bhoy,
They tell ye o' what to beware, me bhoy,
They tache ye to be
Teetotal, ye see,
For 'tis nothin' but wather is there, me bhoy.
So, whin ye're beginnin' to fale, me lad,
That ye've dhrunk enough whisky an' ale, me lad,
The best of all ways
To lengthen your days
Is to spind a few wakes in the jail, me lad!
