The Water That John Drinks - From the 'Birmingham Gazette'

This is the water that John drinks.

This in the Rea with its 'cento of stink
That supplies the water that John drinks

These are the fish that float in the ink-y
stream of the Rea with its 'cento' of stink
That supplies the water that John drinks.

This is the sewer, from cesspool and sink
That feeds the fish, that float in the ink-y
Stream of the Rea with its 'cento' of stink
That supplies the water that John drinks

These are the vested int'rests, that fill to the brink
The network of sewers from cesspool and sink
That feed the fish that float in the ink-y stream of the Rea, with its 'cento' of stink
That supplies the water that John drinks.

This is the price we pay to wink
At the vested int'rests, that fill to the brink
The network of sewers from cesspool and sink
That feed the fish that float in the ink-y stream of the Rea,
with its 'cento' of stink
That supplies the water that John drinks.