The Physicians
Dr. So-much-the-worse went out to see
A patient sick as one could be.
His brother So-much-the-better,
Having received an urgent letter,
Came also the sick man to visit.
So-much-the-worse declared he’d die,
So-much-the-better asked him why.
And while their plans they thus discourse,
The sick man died, so much the worse!
So-much-the-better now declared,
That if the sick man had not despaired,
He would have lived. So-much-the-worse
Said, “I was right, agree with me,
Our patient’s dead, as you can see.”
Moral
There’s wisdom in the saying, by my troth,
Too many cooks will spoil the broth.