Operettas

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TELL ME, PRETTY MAIDEN

Men... Tell me, pretty maiden, are there any more at home like you?

Ladies... There are a few, kind sir, but simple girls, and proper too.

Men... Then tell me, pretty maiden, what these very simple girlies do?

Ladies... Kind sir, their manners are perfection, and the opposite of mine.

Men... Then take a little walk with me and then I can see what a most particular girl should be.

Ladies... I may love you too well to let you go

To flirt with those at home, you know

Men... Well don't mind little girl, you'll see I'll only want but you

Ladies... It's not quite fair to them if you told them that you were true

Men... I won't care a pin for your sisters if you love me

Ladies... What would you say if I said I liked you well?

Men... I'd vow to you

Ladies... On bended knee?

Men... On bended knee

Ladies... If I loved you would you tell me what I ought to do

To keep you all mine alone to always to be true to me?

If I loved you would it be a silly thing to do?

For I must love someone

Men... Then why not me?

Ladies... Yes, I must love someone really, and it might as well be you

Written and composed by Paul Rubens, Ernest Boyd Jones & Leslie Stuart - 1899