The girls must have ladylike dresses;
Thank goodness we're able to pay—
The business has had its successes;
We must grind at the mill for the sake of our son.
Besides, we're still youngish at forty-one.
It has come! We've a house in the shires,
We're one of the land-owning gentry,
The children have all their desires,
But we must do more double-entry;