They say ’tis an ice day.

They say ’tis an ice day.

I’ll house me then, my merry merry men,

Abuse me as you may;

I’ll house me then, my merry merry men,

Abuse me as you may!

(Turns in bed, and goes to sleep till dinner time.)

Punch. January 16, 1864.

There was a short political parody, of the same song, in Punch for August 9, 1856, but it is now of no interest.