Haberdashery rout--
You cannot get it out:
Coat stain.
And you are feelin' down--
It's an ugly brown
Coat stain.

Was all white,
Nice and bright,
Now there's blight:
Coat stain

Next coat that you choose:
Go for very dark hues.
Coat stain.
When you've got it on,
Folks won't see what you done:
Coat stain.

It's alright,
In daylight,
See no blight.
Coat stain.

When that cloak you don,
It won't show, though not gone:
Coat stain.

Don't forget this fact:
Best stain-cacher's black--
No stain. . .

Is in sight
As with white,
Which shows blight:
Coat stain.

No one might
Ask outright:
"Is that shite?"

Coat stain.