Though loving be thy plea, remember this,
That flirting doth beget unto the pair
A reputation far from enviable.
Scraps, July, 1885.
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Song from J. R. Planche’s extravaganza, “Fortunio”
(1843), sung by Miss P. Horton as Fortunio:—
Tell me, tell me
Tell me, tell me
New, d’ye fancy bread?
Smoking hot from oven red