Old Hospitality
You’re welcome…
As welcome
As welcome could be…
And twenty-four-seven,
The service is free:
It’s free…
‘Cause it’s lying there…
Limp on the shelf…
So, please,
If you need something,
Get it yourself.
The Maid is on leave
And the Cook is away…
You just can’t
Get good help – or bad –
Nowadays.
You know that
Your Hostess
Is failing, forsooth,
When joints start to creak
‘Cause she’s
Long in the tooth.
So, feel free to rummage…
Feel free to roam!
Make yourself useful…
And feel right at home.
Written just for you
By the Q.O.E.