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BALLADE OF LAURA'S FAN, by                    
First Line: It was never imported from france
Last Line: The fan that cost $0.63
Subject(s): Comedy


IT was never imported from France
With a dainty Parisian frou-frou,
Nor upon it do bull-fighters prance,
As only the Spaniards can do.
It was stencilled by no one knows who,
Yet I'd give all my coupons and rents
For that one precious keepsake from you --
The fan that cost $0.63.

On the staircase we sat out a dance,
Or twenty, for all that I knew;
At times on the bliss of my trance
The breath of the roses stole through.
But redder than rose-petals grew
Your cheeks, at my swift compliments;
So the softest of breezes it blew --
The fan that cost $0.63.

It all seemed like a fairy romance,
Below us the laughter and mu-
Sic, while now and again, such a glance
As is given on earth but to few
From the depths of your eyes, fond and true,
Set me dreaming of all their contents,
Till I woke, -- something hid them from view, --
The fan that cost $0.63!

ENVOY.

My queen, for your favor I sue;
If your heart through my pleading relents,
To your feelings pray send me one clue --
The fan that cost $0.63.





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