Why is Billy all unstrung?
See the nasty little sneak,
Standing on the ladder rung,
Puffing out his pimpled cheek.
Pretty Emma Whitehouse shook,
Billy. Now he's quite forsook.

How is Billy's juglar vein?
See the bruise upon his jaw!
Snooky Billy has a pain.
Got it in a corner store.
One good punch upon his mug.
Then he landed in the jug.
Little wifie got him out:
Paid the fine that set him free.
Got a carriage for the lout:
Brought him home in secrecy.
Then he hit his wife a swot.
Took a nap. Oh beastly sot.

Billy lives upon his wife.
Billy don't approve of work.
Billy lives a double life.
Billy should have been a Turk.
Fond of mottled turtle doves.
Capable of many loves.
Wifie knows the life he leads.
But she is a faithful spouse.
Quite condones his evil deeds.
Though she sees he is a louse.
Willingly accepts the pill.
Calling him her Snooky Bill.

Saintly woman, faithful wife.
Since you first became a bride;
All your days one hopeless strife,
Trying hard his sins to hide.
Turning from old friends well tried.
When you took his part, you lied.
Foolish wife, misguided, blind!
Have you not one single tear,
For that lost one. How unkind!
How you wronged your brother dear.
You have made your rocky bed.
Sleep upon it, ram your head.

Billy's trade is chewing rags.
All his teeth are badly nicked.
Sad result of many jags.
Snooky has been lately licked.
Something in his brain has clicked.
Like a chicken roughly picked.

Gentle Reader, draw the latch.
Duck your head and close the hatch.

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