The houses are haunted br By white night-gowns. br None are green, br Or purple with green rings, br Or green with yellow rings, br Or yellow with blue rings. br None of them are strange, br With socks of lace br And beaded ceintures. br People are not going br To dream of baboons and periwinkles. br Only, here and there, an old sailor, br Drunk and asleep in his boots, br Catches Tigers br In red weather.