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BETWEEN THE GALOP AND THE LANCIERS, by                    
First Line: Twas just a waltz the musicians played
Last Line: Between the galop and the lanciers?
Subject(s): Flirtation


'TWAS just a waltz the musicians played,
Between the galop and the lanciers,
But it broke a wound I thought was healed,
And just for a moment my senses reeled
At the sound of the waltz the musicians played,
Between the galop and the lanciers.

My memory's played me many a trick;
But maddest was her fancy,
When she changed that hall to a little lane,
Where a cow-boy whistled a sweet refrain
That was just the tune the musicians played,
Between the galop and the lanciers.

Ah! Nannie, I thought the lesson was learned,
Till I stood to-night in the ball-room,
And the eyes of the ladies by my side
All suddenly merged into blue eyes wide
At the sound of the waltz the musicians played,
Between the galop and the lanciers.

Dear sweet young eyes of the tenderest blue,
Do you ever weep, I wonder,
For the man who left you for honor's sake,
The man whose heart was nigh to break
At the waltz the musicians played to-night
Between the galop and the lanciers?





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