His voice has a sonorous sound;

But the envy of all who behold

Is the way that his puttees are wound.

Blue-eyed, debonair, with a hat

Cocked sideways the eighth of an inch,

He’s sparrow-like: but for all that

The name in his pay-book is Finch.

C COMPANY COOK

“Do you want j-jam on it?” he’d say,

Twirling a red moustache.