Is rather poor as we all know;

Her socks are a most unusual sight,

And her shoes are never quite watertight.

She missed her lessons most every day;

She seemed too sad to want to play;

So Miss McHugh, our teacher grave,

Said she was meeker than any slave.

She so admonished poor Mistress Snow,

That the little girl longed for Soap Suds Row;

And lastly, the teacher, to make her bright,