Broadside ballad entitled 'Beautiful Nell'

Transcription

Beautiful Nell-

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Don't talk to me of pretty girls, of lovely women don't,
I'll never listen to a word I won't, no, that I won't!
There's not a beauty in the land to match my peerless belle;
I'll tell you all about my love, my beautiful, my Nell.

CHORUS-Whistle.
Beautiful girl, with beautiful eyes,
Bright as the morning and blue as the skies,
Beautiful teeth and hair as well,
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful Nell.

We met, 'twas in a crowd you know, as some one somewhere sings,
The scene a ball-room, where I marked this angel wanting wings;
She floated in the gay quadrille, mazurka'd, polka'd as well,
But whirling wildly In the waltz the darling tripp'd and fell.
Spoken-Exposing the smallest portion of the heel of a Cinderella slipper; oh!

Whistle-Beautiful girl, &c.

I picked her up most tenderly, and asked if she was hurt,
Conveyed her to an ottoman, and then began to flirt;
She told me she was just eighteen, was reading Martin Tupper,
Was fond of strolls in moonlit groves, and thought she'd have some supper!

Whistle-Beautiful girl, &c.

At supper, lobster, salad, love, and chicken we discussed,
We gabbled and we gobbled as all supping lovers must;
We champagn'd, sherried, and mosell'd each time the bottle past,
Methought each smile the darling gave was lovelier than the last.

Whistle-Beautful girl, &c.

I think somehow the wine I drank had made me all amiss,
Or why, why was I fool enough to try and steal a kiss;
" Oh, some one fetch my husband, do!" she screamed out in affright;
" Married by jingo!" I exclaimed, and did a " fly by night."

Whistle-Beautiful girl, &c

A sadder and a wiser man I reached my home once more,
And, madly raving at my lot, my raven hair I tore;
I'm wretched as a man can be, and farewell, oh, farewell!
To that sweet, dear, deceiving dream, my beautiful, my Nell.

Whistle-Beautiful girl, &c.

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