THE “VIDUATE DAME”
'Tis the widow of Thomas Blythe,
And she goeth upon the spree,
And red are cheeks of the bystandérs
For her acts are light and free.
In a seven-ounce costúme
The widow of Thomas Blythe,
Y-perchèd high on the window ledge,
The difficult can-can tryeth.
Ten constables they essay
To bate the dame's halloing.
With the widow of Thomas Blythe
Their hands are overflowing.
And they cry: “Call the National Guard
To quell this parlous muss—
For all the widows of Thomas Blythe
Are upon the spree and us!”
O long shall the eerie tale be told
By that posse's surviving tithe;
And with tears bedewed he'll sing this rude
Ballàd of the widow of Thomas Blythe.
