hotter boys you never knew -- 1899 ("Florodora" -- by the author of "Lily of Lagoona")

Speranza 1899 Boys: Tell me pretty maiden, Are there any more at home like you? Girls: There are a few, kind sir, But simple girls, and proper too. Boys: Then tell me pretty maiden, What these very simple girlies do. (Girls: Kind sir, their manners are perfection, (Boys: Then tell . . . me, maiden, (Girls: And the opposite of mine. . . . (Boys: What the girlies . . do. . . . Boys: Then take a little walk with me, And then I can see What a most particular girl (should be (Girls: I may love you too well to let you go And flirt with those at home, you know. Boys: Well, don't mind little girl, You'll see I'll only want (but you. (Girls: It's not quite fair to them If you told them that you were (Girls: true Boys: I won't Care a pin for your sisters if you love (Boys: me (Girls: What would you say If I said I liked you well? Boys: I'd vow to you Girls: On bended knee! Boys: On bended knee! Girls: If I loved you, Would you tell me what I ought to do To keep you all mine alone, To always be true to me? If I loved you, Would it be a silly thing to do? For I must love some one, Boys: Then why not me? Girls: Yes, I must love some one, really, And it might as well be you! Girls: Tell me, gentle stranger, Are there any more at home like you? Boys: There are a few, sweet maid, And hotter boys you never knew. Girls: Then tell me gentle sir, The things these very rakish fellows do: Boys: Dear maid, (Girls: Then Boys: they flirt with girls too freely, (Girls: tell . . . . me, tell me (Boys: And it's not the same girl twice. (Girls: What these fe . .llows do! Then take me round and let them show, For an hour or so, How far such fellows can rea(lly go! (Boys: I never introduce them to a girl, I intend To be my most particular friend. Girls: I won't mind what they do - No man . . would ever flirt (with me. (Boys: It's not worth risking it - I know with them you won't (agree. (Girls: I don't want to know them, if you will do the flirting (Boys: Of course I will try, for we're doing very well. Girls: I'll vow to you - Boys: On bended knee - Girls On bended knee - Boys: If I loved you, Would you tell me what I ought to do To keep you all mine alone, To always be true to me? If I loved you, Would it be a silly thing to do? For I must love some one, Girls: Then why not me? Boys: Yes, I must love some one, really. And it might as well be you. From: “Florodora”.