THE REASON WHY.
No I I never was a fellow To spoon, you know ; I never want to niasli the girl.-. — I tell them so ; I do not care to wink at them, To smile, or sigh, To kiss them, or to press their hands. Do you know why ? I'm nothing of a dude neither, I must confess ; I do not care for dyed hair, Don't care for dress ; 1 never sport a masher hat Or sky-blue tie, Or plaids that I could walk out through; Do you know why ? I don't suppose I'm handsome, But stili I pass ; When I 100k 'every morning Into my glass I see a bottle nose ■And one blind eyej Yo.t the ladies all adore me — Do you know why ?- ■ ■ ■'■ They worknie tasty slippers That I s can't wear, „ . : They send hie presents' — photographs And locks of hair; They beg me to drop in and call "When I pass by, ' And .keep their sweetest smiles for me — Do you know why ? 'Tis not for my attractive self They flock around, ah ! They like me just because I am A £100,000 pounder; There^s nothing half so beautiful, The sweet girls cry, As a man with heaps of money — i So that's just why.
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Observer, Volume 7, Issue 231, 14 February 1885, Page 3
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208THE REASON WHY. Observer, Volume 7, Issue 231, 14 February 1885, Page 3
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