THE WHISTLING RELIEF.
(A Song for the Sleepy.)
"Baron H. de Worms informed Mr. Lawson, that the Board of Trade had communicated with some of the Railway Companies as to the nuisance caused to the inhabitants of the Metropolis by the constant use of railway whistles at night, and the Board were assured that every effort would be made to reduce the nuisance."—Parliamentary Report.
Air—"The Whistlin' Thief."
When one is tired or ill,
And fain asleep would be,
A whistle loud and shrill
Oft brings the "big, big D."
"De Worms," young Lawson said,