Oh doctor

F. Hutcheson

Mother:

"Oh doctor, oh doctor, I'm terrified out of my wits!

Poor Nancy, my daughter, is fall'n into fits,

oh doctor, poor Nancy is fall'n into fits,

but you are come just in the nick."

Doctor:

"The first step in cases like this,

to be sure, is breaking a vein,

I'll engage for the cure,

if you'll just let me but give her a prick."

Aunt:

"Dear doctor make haste,

there's no time to be lost,

To cure her we'll spare neither trouble nor cost,

but whatever you do, do it quick."