Their home with camel loveliness,
Their joy was full. “Dear wife,” said he,
“Our boys are straight as straight can be!”
But when their age was six or eight,
(It pains me this fact to relate),
The parents’ counsels (so they say),
The boys neglected to obey.
“Oh, sit up straight!” the mother cried,
When their round shoulders she espied.
“You’ll be humpbacked unless you do,”