We tore the tarry rope to shreds
With blunt and bleeding nails;
We rubbed the doors, and scrubbed the floors,
And cleaned the rails:
And, rank by rank, we soaped the plank,
And clattered with the pails.
With blunt and bleeding nails;
We rubbed the doors, and scrubbed the floors,
And cleaned the rails:
And, rank by rank, we soaped the plank,
And clattered with the pails.
Wilde - Ballad of Reading Gaol
