There is women, yer Worship, of various kinds:
An’ some of ’em’s fluffy a’ foolish,
An’ some is sispicious an’ mean in their minds,
An’ others fair set-like an’ mulish.
There is some, as I owns, is real kind — tho’ not many,
As maybe yer Worship ‘as coped with — if any.
But wot can you do with a woman wot ‘arps?
I am arskin’ the Bench, as a man an’ a male —
Wot sticks to ‘er subjeck an’ cavils an’ carps,
Wot won’t be put orf it, but ‘ammers an’ ‘arps
Till you rock like a ship in a gale.
I’m a plain, placid man, an’ me patience is vast;
But the patience of angels gits wobbly at last.
For she ‘arps on me ‘abits, she ‘arps in me ears,
She ‘arps on me cricket an’ listenin’ in;
She ‘arps an’ she ‘arps, till I’m full of strange fears;
For I knows there’s no end once I ‘ear ‘er begin.
So, am I to be blamed if I rise in me passion
An’ seek for to send ‘er where ‘arpin’s the fashion?
For wot can you do with a woman wot ‘arps?
I slung ‘er bokays while me ‘anger was ‘ot.
I was full to the teeth of ‘er flats an’ ‘er sharps;
So I slung ‘er bokays, while she ‘ammers an’ ‘arps
(An’ them flowers was till in the pot.)
Well, I needn’t say more; for she’s told all the rest.
But I craves yer man’ mercy; an’ ‘opes for the best.
(C J Dennis)
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