However you turn 'em or twist 'em,
Must be ranged—or the Capital's undone—
On the (Birmingham) Decimal System,
For London's just ten times as big
As the Midland's Miraculous Model.
For the L. C. C. care not a fig,
Their "Unification" is twaddle:
Lord! what can such novices know
Of the right size for Municipalities?
Sir John should take council with Joe,