Mallet - Mallay Poem by Peter (Prof) Fox

Note. Anatole Mallet was a railway engine builder specialising in articulated locomotives. Coming from Switzerland his name is properly pronounced to rhyme with 'ballet' but in the US and to some extent elsewhere it is pronounced as spelt. A 'Garratt' (rhymes with carrot) is another form of articulated locomotive with a 'top half' (cab and boiler) slung between two 'bottoms' (cylinders and wheels) .

A Swiss engine builder named Mallet
Took a boat to Dover from Callet
When he got late to the quay
He said 'goodness muay
I'm very annoyed by the dellet'

When in London he went to the Ballet
And danced at the Hammersmith Pallet
As he had a day fruay
He went to Leiston to suay
The two engined, one boilered, Garray.