The Girl Next Door. BY C. H. IN THE DETROIT FREE PRESS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1845, 3 May 1884, Page 6 (Supplement)

The Girl Next Door. BY C. H. IN THE DETROIT FREE PRESS.

O girl uext door, dear girl, uoxt door, Answer my questions few, For tho' you care not a snap for u&, We loug to know about you. Are you sweet sixteen, O givl next door ? Are you tender-hearted and true ? Do you ever write poems on love and spring ? Do you wear a No 2 shoe ? Are your tresses golden or black or brown ? Are you sylph, or sprite or human ? _ Do you speak in a soft, low, cooing voice ? ("An excellent thing in woman.") Are you strong-minded ? and do you hold " Advanced ideas " and " views " On flirtation or science ? or do you delight Only in gossip and news ? Are you learned and grave ? or silly and gay ? Are your cheeks of a rose loaf red ? Are you versed in science and classic lore ? In languages living and dead ? Your eyes, are they blue or black or brown P Do you love the genus homo ? Are you artistic, and can you tell A painting from a chromo ? And what is your name, O girl next door ? Is it Susan or Kate or Jenny ? Or Mary Ann ? and tell me, pray, Have you suitors few or many ? Were you ever in love, O, mystic girl, With a " perfectly lovely" man ? Or do you just delight to flirt With any one you can ? Do you like a tall, or short young nmu ? Must his eyes be brown or blue ? Do you like to be out on a rainy day, With one umbrella for two ? Are you very proper and wise and good ? Do you indulge in slang ? Do you ever whistle or swing your arms ? Or wear your hair in a bong ? 0 girl next door, I've found out nought, Tho' long I now have tarried, But tell me truly, are you engaged ? And when ore you going to be married ?