She trills the sweet Mikado airs,
This gushing little maid unwary,
She finds out all my least affairs
And makes them like her music—airy.
This gushing little maid unwary,
She finds out all my least affairs
And makes them like her music—airy.
Her charms I fully comprehend,
I know my imperfections better;
And while her path and mine—don't blend,
I pray the kindly Fates to pet her.
I know my imperfections better;
And while her path and mine—don't blend,
I pray the kindly Fates to pet her.
May sweet Mikado airs repeat
To make sublime, life's prickly cactus;
May dudes still wither at her feet.
Long may the City keep its actress.
To make sublime, life's prickly cactus;
May dudes still wither at her feet.
Long may the City keep its actress.
But should this darling bosom friend
Be drawn by sweet affection's fetter,
Another flight with me to spend,
O, pitying Fates, I pray, don't let her!
Be drawn by sweet affection's fetter,
Another flight with me to spend,
O, pitying Fates, I pray, don't let her!
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