And jamming, and cramming, and slamming, and ramming;
And rubbing, and scrubbing, and tubbing, and grubbing;
And huddling, and muddling, and puddling, and ruddling;[66]
And patching, and matching, and catching, and snatching;
And rushing, and gushing, and slushing, and brushing;
And rumbling, and jumbling, and tumbling, and grumbling;
Thus, in the manner that I have been telling,
May-fever spreads over the whole of the dwelling.
This clever parody appeared, anonymously, in Once a Week, June 8, 1872.