And the boys are all laughing to see them stand so:
“Ah, lovely, and have you forgotten so soon
The ways of a woman, the ways of the moon,
And all the gay gallants with whom you would go
And show them the madness that’s under the moon?”
The Preacher has brought Magdalene to His mother,
And His mother has given her a white gown to wear,
And they’ve sat down to supper together all three,
And the boys stand outside in the street and agree
That the joke’s gone too far—“Come out, Mary, my dear,