No. II.

No. II.

“Love, with a witness.”

HEhas shav’d off his whiskers and blacken’d his brows,Wears a patch and a wig of false hair,—But it’s him—Oh it’s him!—we exchanged lovers’ vows,When I lived up in Cavendish Square.He had beautiful eyes, and his lips were the same,And his voice was as soft as a flute—Like a Lord or a Marquis he look’d when he cameTo make love in his master’s best suit.If I lived for a thousand long years from my birth,I shall never forget what he told;How he lov’d me beyond the rich women of earth,With their jewels and silver and gold!When he kissed me and bade me adieu with a sigh,By the light of the sweetest of moons,Oh how little I dreamt I was bidding good-byeTo my Missis’s tea-pot and spoons!

HEhas shav’d off his whiskers and blacken’d his brows,Wears a patch and a wig of false hair,—But it’s him—Oh it’s him!—we exchanged lovers’ vows,When I lived up in Cavendish Square.He had beautiful eyes, and his lips were the same,And his voice was as soft as a flute—Like a Lord or a Marquis he look’d when he cameTo make love in his master’s best suit.If I lived for a thousand long years from my birth,I shall never forget what he told;How he lov’d me beyond the rich women of earth,With their jewels and silver and gold!When he kissed me and bade me adieu with a sigh,By the light of the sweetest of moons,Oh how little I dreamt I was bidding good-byeTo my Missis’s tea-pot and spoons!

HEhas shav’d off his whiskers and blacken’d his brows,Wears a patch and a wig of false hair,—But it’s him—Oh it’s him!—we exchanged lovers’ vows,When I lived up in Cavendish Square.

HEhas shav’d off his whiskers and blacken’d his brows,

Wears a patch and a wig of false hair,—

But it’s him—Oh it’s him!—we exchanged lovers’ vows,

When I lived up in Cavendish Square.

He had beautiful eyes, and his lips were the same,And his voice was as soft as a flute—Like a Lord or a Marquis he look’d when he cameTo make love in his master’s best suit.

He had beautiful eyes, and his lips were the same,

And his voice was as soft as a flute—

Like a Lord or a Marquis he look’d when he came

To make love in his master’s best suit.

If I lived for a thousand long years from my birth,I shall never forget what he told;How he lov’d me beyond the rich women of earth,With their jewels and silver and gold!

If I lived for a thousand long years from my birth,

I shall never forget what he told;

How he lov’d me beyond the rich women of earth,

With their jewels and silver and gold!

When he kissed me and bade me adieu with a sigh,By the light of the sweetest of moons,Oh how little I dreamt I was bidding good-byeTo my Missis’s tea-pot and spoons!

When he kissed me and bade me adieu with a sigh,

By the light of the sweetest of moons,

Oh how little I dreamt I was bidding good-bye

To my Missis’s tea-pot and spoons!


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