Guy Wetmore Carryl

“ That although the doctors tried,
Not the best in Edinburgh
Could assist him, and he died.
And THE MORAL is: The piper
Of the matter made a botch;
One can hardly blame the viper
If she took a nip of Scotch,
For she only did what he did,
And his nippie wasn’t small,
Otherwise, you see, he needed
Not have seen the snake at all. ”