Socks,

Air: "Chin Chin Chinaman."
Have you heard the latest news of fashions in the town?
Quite the newest style of things in red and green and brown,
Scarlet interwoven with the peacock's gaudy hue,
Brilliant stripes of zebra—they're the very thing for you.

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Socks so picturesque have aesthetic charm,
No one can, wearing them, come to any harm,
Sailors use their rays steering through the rocks—
What is Wellington—socks, socks, socks.

Did you hear the noise there was on Lambton Quay last week?
Many thought it must have come from Ngaruhoe's peak.
Others said Wragge's earthquake shock had really come along—
But of these surmises both were absolutely wrong.

Warnock had a fire, advertised his sales.
Vivid socks! Threepence each! What a chance for males!
Loud socks disappeared—sold out all his stocks—
Warnock millionaire—socks, socks, socks.

Everyone is Eager for the very latest thing,
Soon at concerts we shall hear how loudly socks can sing;
Quaint designs of cats and dogs have only just come in,
Oh! Beware, for really they do make a frightful din.

Come then throw up work—Science, Arts or Law—
Leave old Picken's doleful maths; let his students snore;
Let sarcastic von have his witty knocks—
I am overwhelmed—socks, socks, socks.

"Cleopatra."