Write By Return

Clerk, corresponding,
-Rooster and Comb�,
Here I sit idle
-Thinking of home�;
I must be grafting-
Living to earn,
More correspondence,
-Write by return.�

Clerk in employ of
-Shoddy and Woods�,
Thinks that we have not
Forwarded goods.
Parcel we sent them-
Missing, I learn,
Says in his postscript:
-Write by return.�

Here is another
Letter from Bland-
-Cheque he expected
Isn-t to hand.�
How we forgot it
Cannot discern,
-Forward remittance,
Write by return.�

Here is another-
O how they come?
Treats of a -Bender�
Planned by a chum.
See on the margin,
Big letters: -Burn
After perusal-
Write by return.�

Mail in from England,
Letters for me-
Dear little sweetheart
Over the sea.
-Quite broken-hearted,
O how I yearn
Only to see you. . . .
Write by return.�

One who will -never
Think that I-m bad�
Writes me a letter
Tearful and sad.
Thinks that I-m starving,
Filled with concern,
Sends me some money-
-Write by return.�

Letter from father,
Sent to his son,
-All is forgiven-
Fat calf for one.�
O that I ever
Thought he was stern-
Money for passage-
Write by return.