Harry B. Smith.

HEM AND HAW

HEM and Haw were the sons of sin,

Created to shally and shirk;

Hem lay ’round, and Haw looked on,

While God did all the work.

Hem was a fogy, and Haw was a prig,

For both had the dull, dull mind;

And whenever they found a thing to do,

They yammered and went it blind.