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

by W. S. Gilbert

Contained of wickedness a skinful,

And burnt to teach the awful truth,

That walking out on Sunday's sinful.

"Oh, youths," said he, "I grieve to find

The course of life you've been and hit on—

Sit down," said he, "and never mind

The pennies for the chairs you sit on.

"My opening head is 'Kensington,'

How walking there the sinner hardens;