From the 1899 comic opera “The Ameer.” Words by Frederic Ranken. Music by Victor Herbert.
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She was a dainty little Poster maid
A sad coquette was she
With an ankle trim and a well turned limb
And a figure fine to see
He glanced at her in a manner bold
Quite shocking, I’m afraid
When he asked for a kiss she posed like this
For she was a Poster maid
She was a fickle little Poster maid
A sad coquette was she
With an ankle trim and a well turned limb
And a figure fine to see
He tried to frown an umber brown
(They’d used another shade)
Instead of brown, she turned him down
For she was a Poster maid
She was a naughty little Poster maid
A sad coquette was she
With an ankle trim and a well turned limb
And a figure fine to see
But sad to tell, she fooled him well
Nor met him in the glade
All Knights she’d aver looked alike to her
For she was a Poster maid
She was a dainty little Poster maid
A sad coquette was she
With an ankle trim and a well turned limb
And a figure fine to see
The Posters know that she had to go
For storms must be obeyed
They’d learned at last she was not fast
Tho’ she was a Poster maid