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Robert W Service - Jane
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My daughter Jane makes dresses
For beautiful Princesses;
But though she`s plain is Jane,
Of needlework she`s vain,
And makes such pretty things
For relatives of Kings.

She reads the picture papers
Where Royalties cut capers,
And often says to me:
`How wealthy they must be,
That nearly every day
A new robe they can pay.`

Says I: `If your Princesses
Could fabric pretty dresses,
Though from a throne they stem
I would think more of them.
Peeress and shopgirl are
To my mind on a par.`

Says Jane: `But for their backing
I might be sewing sacking.
Instead, I work with joy
In exquisite employ,
Embroidering rich dresses
For elegant Princesses . . .
Damn social upsetters
Who criticise their betters!`
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