Soubrette
She was a maid of five and twenty years
who tried at times to overcome her fear
of men. Herself to take 'um unawares
she'd preen and flaunt her pretty face before
the mirror to plead in tears, "Am I so vile?" !
Made study of the latest gowns and jewels,
smiled and laughed with the most fetching guile;
listened to the gentlemen's opinion
of comic operetta. Attentive,
quaffed gin 'n vermouth, a cocktail onion,
(They think they'll take me unawares, these fools!).
Stage right: " Who will woo me now with racy
negligee? Or black penoir so lacy?"
Stage left: " If just one had told, or scolded
mon cher...to mention quite the untoward truth,
all her beaux assumed the coquette foolish,
She's never fixed her girlish, missing tooth.
Georgi for Georgette, t'was her sobriquet. "
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