Ladies all!
Girlish is giggly, girlish is glitzy;
ladylike is laundered, ladies lie in linen
but womanly is warm and womanly is wise.
ladylike is laundered, ladies lie in linen
but womanly is warm and womanly is wise.


Why then, dear female friends, girlhood now behind you,
shun the warmth of womankind,
choose the starchy label:
Lady?
shun the warmth of womankind,
choose the starchy label:
Lady?


Any truth in the rumour that the WI is to be renamed the LI, ‘Jerusalem’ to be replaced by ‘Land of Hope and Glory’?