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Musings in a Music Hall
BY A YOUNG MAN FROM THE COUNTRY
Fun, II - 28th October 1865
| When a man sticks his hat at the back of his head, | |
| Tell me, Oh, Editor, why do they roar? | |
| And then, when he pushes it forward instead, | |
| Why do they scream twice as loud as before? | |
| When an elderly gentleman rumples his hair, | |
| Why do they all go delirious as well? | |
| When he uses a handkerchief out of repair, | |
| Why do they, why do they, why do they yell? | |
| When a vulgar virago is singing her song, | |
| Why must she offer herself as a wife? | |
| Why give applause about ten minutes long | |
| When a baby of seven imperils its life? | |
| What does a singer intend to imply | |
| By "Whack fol the larity, larity, lay"? | |
| What can he hope to convey to me by, | |
| Singing "Rum tiddity, iddity!" eh? | |
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