Gypsy Rose
GYPSY ROSE WAS HER NAME,
NO ONE KNOWS FROM WHENST SHE CAME.
ONE DAY SHE CAME KNOCKING AT MY DOOR,
SELLING CHARMS ONE, TWO, THREE, OR FOUR,
SHE WORE EARRINGS AND A SCARF ON HER HEAD,
WORE A TWO-TONE COAT BLUE AND RED.
FIFTY PENCE FOR A LUCKY HORSE SHOE,
SO SILLY ME BOUGHT TWO.
I THOUGHT THAT BUYING TWO WOULD DOUBLE MY WEALTH,
BUT BY BUYING NONE WOULD HAVE BEEN BAD FOR MY HEALTH.
A SPELL ON ME SHE WOULD HAVE PUT,
OR A KICK UP THE BACK SIDE WITH HER FOOT.
SHE GAVE A WARNING WHICH MADE ME THINK,
NO GAMBLING, NO WOMEN, AND DEFINITELY NO DRINK.
THE FIRST AND THE LAST I COULD DO WITHOUT,
BUT NO WOMEN WOULD MAKE ME GO BLIND.
GYPSY-ROSE I DID YELL,
NEVER AGAIN RING MY BELL.
YOU SAY THERE IS THREE THINGS I SHOULD LEAVE BEHIND,
BUT HAVING N0 WOMEN WOULD MAKE ME BLIND.
WITH THAT SHE GAVE A TITTER,
I LOST MY TEMPER AND NEARLY HIT HER.
REMEMBERING MY PLACE IN LIFE,
I GAVE THAT OPTION TO MY WIFE.
