THE BOGIE MAN.

(NEW AND STARTLING CIVIC VERSION.)

_Gog and Magog sing, sotto voce_:--

Oh, huddle near us, cherished ones!
Hushed is our civic glee.
The Voters, they have played the fool
About the L.C.C.
Oh, Turtle, dear--at table--
Oh, Griffin, spick and span,
I hear the Civic Fathers say
Here comes the Bogie Man!

_Chorus._

Oh, hush! hush! hush!
Here comes the Bogie Man!
_What_ hope, dears, when BEN TILLETT
Is made an Alderman?
Oh, whist! whist! whist!
He'll catch ye if he can!
Then vain you'll run, my popsey-wops,
From this new Bogie Man!

When we sit down to dinner,
My giant chum and I,
O'er calipash and calipee
We're both inclined to cry.