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FUDGE FAMILY IN PARIS by THOMAS MOORE

First Line: BUT, THE DANCING - AH! PARLEZ-MOI, DOLLY
Subject(s): DANCING AND DANCERS;

But, the dancing - ah! parlez-moi, Dolly, de ça -
There, indeed, is a treat that charms all but Papa.
Such beauty such grace- oh ye sylphs of romance!
Fly, fly to Titania, and ask her if she has
One light- footed nymph in her train that can dance
Like divine Bigottini and sweet Fann Bias!
Fanny Bias in Flora - dear creature you'd swear,
When her delicate feet in the dance twinkle round,
That her steps are of light, that her home is the air,
And she only par complaisance touches the ground.
And when Bigottini in Psyche dishevels
Her black flowing hair, and by daemons is driven,
Oh! Who does not envy those rude little devils,
That hold her and hug her, and keep her from heaven?
Then, the music -so softly its cadences die, So divinely
Oh Dolly! between you and I,
It's a-well for my peace that there's nobody nigh
To make love to me then you've a soul and can judge
What a crisis ' twould be for your friend Biddy Fudge.




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