Are thought quite meritorious,

And that for boning five-pound notes

These dames are quite note-orious.

Says I, "Dear Miss, such barefaced cheats

Are really past a joke;

So give me my umbrella, ma'am—

And give me, ma'am, my cloak.

"Not that I care—of course, I don't—

For losing so much gold!"—

"Your cloak and your umbrella, Sir!