That someone had taught her in Soap Suds Row;
Her eyes were shining—she wasn’t afraid,
And she spoke “The Charge of the Light Brigade.”
Did she speak that piece? Well, I guess she did.
’Twas a fight to a finish—she took off the lid;
The up-stairs classes—they heard her shout,
And the principal came to see what ’twas about.
But Mistress Margaret—she never stayed—
She gave us the whole of “The Light Brigade.”