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Scandal and Gossip
SCANDAL is a stately lady,
Whispers when she talks;
Waves of innuendo
Ripple where she walks.
Whispers when she talks;
Waves of innuendo
Ripple where she walks.
Speaking with a lifted shoulder,
Flicker of a lash,
Scorning words as dangerous,
She is never rash.
Flicker of a lash,
Scorning words as dangerous,
She is never rash.
Gossip is a giddy girl
Running here and there,
Showing all the neighborhood
What she has to wear.
Running here and there,
Showing all the neighborhood
What she has to wear.
Gossip babbles like a brook,
Rages like a flood,
Chews her placid hearsays
As a cow her cud.
Rages like a flood,
Chews her placid hearsays
As a cow her cud.
Scandal hobnobs with the rich
Over purple wine;
Gossip has the vagabonds
In to chat and dine.
Over purple wine;
Gossip has the vagabonds
In to chat and dine.
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