A HOODISH GEM.
Reading edition
The little snarling, caroling "babies," That break our nightly rest, Should be packed off to "Baby"-lon, To "Lapland," or to "Brest." From "Spit"-head, "Cooks" go o'er to "Greece," And while the "Miser" waits His passage to the "Guinea" coast, "Spendthrifts" are in the "Straits." "Spinsters" should to the "Needles" go, "Wine-bibbers" to "Burgundy;" "Gourmands" should lunch at "Sandwich Isles," "Wags" at the Bay of "Fun"-dy. "Bachelors" flee to the "United States," "Maids" to the "Isle of Man;" Let "Gardeners" go to "Botany" Bay, And "Shoe-blacks" to "Japan." Thus emigrate, and misplaced men Will they no longer vex us; And all who ain't provided for Had better go to "Texas."