Alf’s Twelfth Bit

BALLAD FOR THE TIMES' SPECIAL SILVER NUMBER Sez the Times a silver lining Is what has set us pining, Montague, Montague! In the season sad and weary When our minds are very bleary, Montague, Montague! There is Sir Hen. Deterding His phrases interlarding, Montague, Montague! With the this and that and what For putting silver on the spot, Montague, Montague! Just drop it in the slot And it will surely boil the pot, Montague, Montague! Gold, of course, is solid too, But some silver set to stew Might do, too. Montague! With a lively wood-pulp ‘ad’. To cheer the bad and sad, Montague, Montague!