London Types: 'Liza

'Liza's old man's perhaps a little shady, 'Liza's old woman's prone to booze and cring; But 'Liza deems herself a perfect lady, And proves it in her feathers and her fringe. For 'Liza has a bloke her heart to cheer, With pearlies and a barrer and a jack, So all the vegetables of the year Are duly represented on her back. Her boots are sacrifices to her hats, Which knock you speechless-like a load of bricks! Her summer velvets dazzle Wanstead Flats, And cost, at times, a good eighteen-and-six. Withal, outside the gay and giddy whirl, 'Liza's a stupid, straight, hard-working girl.