SONGS OF FOOD-PRODUCTION.

Mustard-and-Cress in Mayfair,

Belgravia's Winter Greens;

None so nicely as they fare

Save Cox's Kidney Beans;

Mustard-and-Cress in boxes,

Greens in the jardinière,

And a trellis of Beans at Cox's,

Facing Trafalgar Square.

Lady Biffington's daughters

Are mulching the Greens with Clay;

Lady Smiffington waters

The Mustard-and-Cress all day;

And Cox's cashiers (those oners!)

Are feeling extremely rash,

For they're pinching the tips of the Runners

As they never would pinch your cash.

Mighty is Mayfair's Mustard,

The Cress is hardy and hale;

Belgravia's housemaids dust hard

To keep the dust from the Kale;

But Cox's cashiers look solemn,

For their Beans (which sell by the sack)

Would cover the Nelson Column

If they didn't keep pinching them back.

Morning Paper.

And some thermometer.