Had you not done it before?

Johnnie Essex said:
We walked along in single file
Gazing at the splendour;
Light and shade on the campanile,
Mud on your legs so slender.

It wasn't me that walked along,
With slender legs so grubby.
I think you may have got it wrong.
My legs, they are quite chubby.

Howard Somerville said: Measured by the metre?

Howard, don't be so unkind!
From mirth you should refrain.
My friends, they often walk behind,
To shelter from the rain.