If the jests that you crack have an orthodox smack,
You may get a bland smile from these sages;
But should it, by chance, be imported from France,
Half-a-crown is stopped out of your wages!
It’s a general rule,
Though your zeal it may quench
If the Family Fool
Makes a joke that’s too French,
Half-a-crown is stopped out of his wages!
Though your head it may rack with a bilious attack,