If my action's stiff and crude, <br />Do not laugh, because it's rude. <br />If my gestures promise larks, <br />Do not make unkind remarks. <br />Clockwork figures may be found <br />Everywhere and all around. <br />Ten to one, if I but knew, <br />You are clockwork figures too. <br />And the motto of the lot, <br />"Put a penny in the slot!" <br /> <br />Usurer, for money lent, <br />Making out his cent per cent - <br />Widow plump or maiden rare, <br />Deaf and dumb to suitor's prayer - <br />Tax collectors, whom in vain <br />You implore to "call again" - <br />Cautious voter, whom you find <br />Slow in making up his mind - <br />If you'd move them on the spot, <br />Put a penny in the slot! <br /> <br />Bland reporters in the courts, <br />Who suppress police reports - <br />Sheriff's yeoman, pen in fist, <br />Making out a jury list - <br />Stern policemen, tall and spare, <br />Acting all "upon the square" - <br />(Which in words that plainer fall, <br />Means that you can square them all) - <br />If you want to move the lot, <br />Put a penny in the slot!<br /><br />William Schwenck Gilbert<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/put-a-penny-in-the-slot/
