And his name was Lord Algernon Perkyns de Snooks.

In Japan,—on a tour,—he'd arrived with his ma,

On the tea gardens stumbled by chance,

And directly he saw all the girls he said "Haw!

I—aw—wish, don't you know, that I'd come here befaw"—

And he gave them a languishing glance;

To his feeble moustache he gave several twirls,

Declaring that Geishas were "Doocid fine girls!"

And he called for a dish of best Japanese tea,

And he ogled the pretty Jes-So,