And did you ever see the like of the blacks And obliged to dry evey [sic] thing at the fire and what a fuss some people make about a little steam ; And the poor children obliged to go trapesing thro the wet to school ; And that impudent hussey of a girl gaping after all the policemen, throws the mangling things into the mud ; And you should just hear the magging going on ; The mangling things come home and there is sure to be three half pence left. [graphic]

Lewis Walpole Library > And did you ever see the like of the blacks And obliged to dry evey [sic] thing at the fire and what a fuss some people make about a little steam ; And the poor children obliged to go trapesing thro the wet to school ; And that impudent hussey of a girl gaping after all the policemen, throws the mangling things into the mud ; And you should just hear the magging going on ; The mangling things come home and there is sure to be three half pence left. [graphic]