THE SLY OYSTER.
Reading edition
"There is an exception to every Rule." Bayliss's "Mayden Lane."
'Tis the voice of the Oyster, I heard him complain, "You have woke me too soon, I must slumber again. I'm fat and quite well— Have no doubt on that head— But say that I'm ill, And do leave me in bed. "Just a little more sleep, Just a little more rest; How sweet, my dear friends, I shall be at my best! Oh, let me repose Say till May—May the one'th— When, as everyone knows, There's no 'R' in the month!"
