for Anna
Punch has made up with Judy
and put his big stick away.
He’s happy to cuddle the baby.
He’s a new man as from today.
A husband on best behaviour.
A loving father restored.
But preferring him as raver
the audience feels cheated and bored.
Bring back the Judge and the gallows
the chorus of children cries
We want to be chilled to our marrows.
Bring back the shock and surprise!
But Anna approves of these changes
as she sits there nodding her head.
This is so much more like it she says.
No one wicked or punished or dead!
