VI. 'LIZA

_'LIZA'S old man_'s perhaps a little _shady_,

_'LIZA'S old woman_'s prone to _booze_ and cringe;

But _'LIZA_ deems herself _a perfect lady_,

And proves it in her feathers and her fringe.

For _'LIZA_ has a _bloke_ her heart to cheer,

With _pearlies_ and a _barrer_ and a _jack_,

So all the vegetables of the year

Are duly represented on her back.

Her boots are sacrifices to her hats,

Which knock you speechless--_like a load of bricks_!

Her summer velvets dazzle _WANSTEAD FLATS_,

And cost, at times, a good eighteen-and-six.

Withal, outside the gay and giddy whirl,

_'LIZA'S_ a stupid, straight, hard-working girl.

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