Public Domain Poetry And Stories - Would You Know? by William Schwenck Gilbert
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Would You Know?

    By William Schwenck Gilbert



    Would you know the kind of maid
    Sets my heart a flame-a?
    Eyes must be downcast and staid,
    Cheeks must flush for shame-a!
    She may neither dance nor sing,
    But, demure in everything,
    Hang her head in modest way,
    With pouting lips that seem to say
    "Kiss me, kiss me, kiss me, kiss me,
    Though I die of shame-a."
    Please you, that's the kind of maid
    Sets my heart a flame-a!

    When a maid is bold and gay,
    With a tongue goes clang-a,
    Flaunting it in brave array,
    Maiden may go hang-a!
    Sunflower gay and hollyhock
    Never shall my garden stock;
    Mine the blushing rose of May,
    With pouting lips that seem to say,
    "Oh, kiss me, kiss me, kiss me, kiss me,
    Though I die for shame-a!"
    Please you, that's the kind of maid
    Sets my heart a flame-a!



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