Polly Dibbs

Mrs Dibbs - Polly Dibbs,   Standing at a tub,

Washing other people's clothes -   Rub-Rub-Rub.

Poor, old, skinny arms   White with soapy foam -At night she takes her shabby hat   And goes off home.

Mrs Dibbs - Polly Dibbs -   Is not very rich.

She goes abroad all day to scrub,   And home at night to stitch.

She wears her shabby hat awry,   Perched on a silly comb;

And people laugh at Polly Dibbs   As she goes home.

Mrs Dibbs - Mother Dibbs -   Growing very old,

Says, "it's a hard world!"   And sniffs and drats the cold.

She says it is a cruel world,   A weary world to roam.

But God will smile on Polly Dibbs   When she goes Home.