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1849–1903

VI.‘ LIZA

William Ernest Henley

‘ 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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