MARY’S PETS.

MARY’S PETS.
500.9.

Mary had a little lamb,
One day it got the croup;
She sold it to a packing house-
It’s now canned ox-tail roup.

Mary had to have a pet;
She bought a cunning cow.
Which died of splitting headaches soon:
It’s country sausage now.

Mary wept and wopt and wept,
And then a piggie got;
The piggle died of tummyache-
It’s boned ham, like us not

Mary saw the packers make
A fortune from her pets,
But she could hardly clear enough
On them to pay her debts.

Mary bought an alling ahsep-
She knew it was a sin
And when it died she promptly called
An undertaker in.

This precious pair ombalmed the sheep
And sold it all for cash.
The folks who bought it of them said:
“What lovely corned-boet hash!”

The undertaker and the girl
Decided then to hitch;
They organized a packing house,
And reo, but they are richi