When thrushes eggs lie in the dew
   And mangled nestlings fall,
Who needs an up to date ‘Who’s Who’
   To guess who’s come to call?

When stink and stenches plague a house,
   The owners use their brains,
They do not blame the attic mouse —
   They clear the blocked-up drains!

Yet when our children play the fool,
   Or hide drugs on the shelves,
We blame their teachers or their school,
   Or worse, we blame ourselves.