A Wish

(An Apartmental Ditty.)

Mine be a flat beside the Hill;
  A vendor's cry shall soothe my ear
A landlord shall present his bill
  At least a dozen times a year.

The tenor, oft, below my flat,
  Shall practise 'Violets' and such;
And in the area a cat
  Shall beat the band, the cars, and Dutch.

Around the neighbourhood shall be
  About a hundred thousand kids;
And, eke in that vicinitee,
  Ten pianolas without lids.

And mornings, I suppose, by gosh,
  I'll be awakened prompt at seven,
By ladies hanging up the wash
  Only a mile or so from heaven.