The Five-Fifteen

Some go upon the subway
To reach the Island green,
But seventeen commuters
Take the 5:15.

After all the other girls
Have  left - It can bee seen
That seventeen commuters
Take the 5:15.

They saunter through the village
Stop for a magazine,
Will those seventeen commuters
Catch the 5:15?

Alas ! They reached the station
Just at 5:16,
And the seventeen commuters
Missed the 5:15.

Down the track it's going,
Good-bye 5:15,
Those seventeen commuters
Missed the 5:15.

- from Annales -