Of course, of course! Who are we, my dear, to bother the big-wigs and stir their bile?
Why, it's all along of our "discontent," and the Agitator's insidious guile.
But Labour, BET, is agog just now to revise the old one-sided pacts,
And even a Laundress may have an eye to the benefit of the Factory Acts.
Those bad, bad 'Busmen, BET my girl, claim shorter hours, and a longer pay;
Just think of such for the Slaves of the Tub! Why should we women not have our say
In the Park o' Sunday, like DAN the Docker, or TOM the Tailor, or WILL the "Whip"?
The Tub and the Ironing-board appear to have got a chance—which they mustn't let slip:
An Object Lesson in Laundress Labour, may move the callous and shame the quiz.
We dream of "Washing as well it might be"; we'll show them "Washing as now it is."