"THROUGHOUT MY LIFE THE GIRLS I'VE PLEASED."
Throughout my life the girls I've pleased,
So merry, so blithe and gay;
I've coax'd, I've flatter'd, I've sigh'd, and teased,
And stole their young hearts away.
With their lips so red, and their eyes so bright,
Their nut-brown locks and their teeth so white,
The lasses were always my delight,
And I am the boy for them.
With my capering, tapering, twirling toe,
My billet-doux note or letter a;
My sighing—pining—whining—oh!
My person—eye—etcetera!
My taste is wondrous civil, too;
For mark, ye ladies, this—
There's nought you say, there's nought you do,
To me can come amiss.
If serious be your turn of mind,
To grunt and groan I'm then inclined;
But if you'll laugh, why, still you'll find
That I'm the boy for you.
With my capering, etc.
Then as to person, what of that?
Of all the girls I've seen,
If they've been plump, I've loved them fat;
If thin, admired them lean;
And as to height, make no ado;
It matters not, I tell you true,
Whether two feet six, or six feet two,
Still I am the boy for you.
With my capering, etc.