His official lot is not a happy one.
III.
When the grass is very hard, or wet and sloppy,
Or your spikes are ploughing furrows in the ground,
Every ball will be “found dead,” or much too hoppy,
And, of course, will “hardly ever” fairly bound,
Then you’ll surely find the cause of all the bother
In the Secretary’s duty badly done;
Oh, take one consideration with another,
His official lot is not a happy one.