Freston
73
A CONVERSATION HEARD IN HADES
DURING THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
There's a very sultry country
That some scholar has named Hades,—
Why or wherefore I am frank enough
To own I cannot tell,
Perhaps 'twas the objections
That were raised by all the ladies
To the more prosaic, less refined
And stronger name of—Well,
That some scholar has named Hades,—
Why or wherefore I am frank enough
To own I cannot tell,
Perhaps 'twas the objections
That were raised by all the ladies
To the more prosaic, less refined
And stronger name of—Well,
I'd rather not pronounce it
But you all know its location,
And many are acquainted
With the ruler of the same,
And you doubtless have learned something
Of the gentleman's vocation,
But for that much-needed knowledge,
You are surely not to blame.
But you all know its location,
And many are acquainted
With the ruler of the same,
And you doubtless have learned something
Of the gentleman's vocation,
But for that much-needed knowledge,
You are surely not to blame.
