Modesty

What’s the problem do you suppose With the English Male and naked toes? It must be there deep in the mind But every year you will find Chalk white male legs on display At the merest hint of a sunny day. But try as hard as you might there’s scarcely a naked toe in sight; Perhaps they think the ladies shocked At sandalled feet openly unsocked. Ah, that’s the problem I suppose, The effect on ladies of naked toes. So in defence of modesty’s cause We display our emotion just in doors; there’s no place for man’s naked feet On public display in an English street