I've lain awake with dental ache

Until I fell asleep, Matilda;

At times again I've missed a train,

Or p'raps run short of tin, Matilda,

And worn a boot on corns that shoot,

Or, shaving, cut my chin, Matilda!

But, oh! no trains—no dental pains—

Believe me when I say, Matilda,

No corns that shoot—no pinching boot

Upon a summer day, Matilda—