She
I
A powder-and-paint young girl,
Not-quite-a-saint young girl,
An always-get-tight, [10]
A stay-out-all-night,
Have-a-kid-in-the-end young girl. [11]
II
Make-a-bloke-a-choke young girl,
Love-a-gin-soak young girl, [12]
On-the-kerb-come-a-cropper,
Run-in-by-a-copper, [13]
"Fined-forty-bob "—young girl.
III
A tallow-faced-straight young girl,
A never-out-late young girl,
A Salvation-mummery,
Smoleless-and-glummery,
Kid-by-a-captain young girl.
[1: making love] [2: lie] [3: assaulting the police] [4: take unlimited credit] [5: in prison] [6: hung] [7: clothes] [8: silver] [9: money] [10: drunk] [11: child] [12: drunken bout] [13: policeman]
'ARRY AT A POLITICAL PICNIC
[By T Milliken in Punch, 11 Oct.]