A Solitary Triumph [Statistics show that the number of criminal women is considerably less in proportion than that of male criminals.] OH, the progress of Woman has really been vast Since Civilization began. She’s usurped all the qualities which in the past Were reckoned peculiar to Man. She can score with a bat, use a rod or a cue; Her tennis and golf are sublime. Her aim with a gun is uncommonly true, But Man beats her hollow at crime. The strings to her bow are both varied and quaint; There are maids who can work with the pen, There are maids who can handle the palette and paint With a skill that’s not given to men. There are ladies who preach, lady doctors there are, MPs will be ladies in time, And ladies, I hear, practise now at the Bar – But Man holds the record for crime. So it’s hey for the jemmy, and ho for the drill, And hurrah for the skeleton keys. Oh, to burgle a house or to rifle a till! I am more than her equal at these. She may beat me at home, she may beat me afield; In her way I admit she is prime. But one palm at least I compel her to yield: I can give her a lesson in crime. |
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