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