The Bab Ballads, with Which Are Included Songs of a Savoyard

by W. S. Gilbert

The Duchess.I present any lady

Whose conduct is shady

Or smacking of doubtful propriety;

When Virtue would quash her

I take and whitewash her

And launch her in first-rate society.

I recommend acres

Of clumsy dressmakers—

Their fit and their finishing touches;