Climb ladder-like stairs without fearing a sprain;
Must rebuke and encourage, exhort and explain;
Dark babies should fondle, dark bibis should train.
Oh, listen ye, Miss Sahibas;
These are the Mission rules!
Let Mission Miss Sahibas from late hours refrain,
For they must rise early, and bear a hard strain,
Like vigorous cart-horses drawing a wain,
That pull well together when yoked twain and twain.
Oh, listen ye, Miss Sahibas;