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As I go and shop, sir! / If a car I stop, sir! / Where you chance to sit, / And you want to read, sir! / Never mind or heed, sir! / I'll not care a bit.
For it's now aesthetic / To be quite athletic. / That's our fad, you know. / I can hold the strap, sir! / And keep off your lap, sir! / As we jolting go.
If you read on blindly, / I shall take it kindly, / All the car's not mine. / But, if you sit and stare, sir! / At my eyes and hair, sir! / I must draw the line.
If the stare is meant, sir! / For a compliment, sir! / As we jog through town, / Allow me to suggest, sir! / A woman oft looks best, sir! / When she's sitting down.