Upon the top. You understand

I could not put them underneath—

Shake, Mulleary and Go-ethe.

Shake was a dramatist of note;

He lived by writing things to quote.

He long ago put on his shroud;

Some of his works are rather loud.

His bald-spot’s dusty, I suppose.

I know there’s dust upon his nose.

I’ll have to give each nose a sheath—