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Comic Valentine
(Playing ~ "My Funny Valentine")

"Young Love"
~ Norman Rockwell

Made Over

She has seen him and she liked him;
He was single ~ so was she;
She grew interested in him ~ such a case you often see.
He reciprocated promptly, and it gratified the maid ~
In a thousand modest manners her delight the maid displayed.
He was certain that he pleased her, to the turning of a hair,
And was sure that e'en his failings seemed to her as virtues rare.
But within her heart the maiden softly murmered day and night,
"With a little making over he would be exactly right."

Week by week the two kept meeting;
Day by day their friendship grew.
Each was certain that the other had a loyal heart and true.
He was sure she was perfection, sure she thought the same of him,
And the trust he thought she carried kept the man in moral trim;
His belief in her perfections made him ask the maid to wed,
And she gave no hint of doubting in the tender "yes" she said.
Yet this thought was interwoven with her new-found love's delight;
"With a little making over he would be exactly right."

They were wed. She made him over. He's another chap today;
But in chopping off his failings other things were cut away.
He has lost the faults she censured, but the scars are plain to see.
And she'd like to have him back again just like he used to be.
For she's learned a costly lesson;
That when God has made a man.
He is founded, framed, and finished on a pretty careful plan.
And this one-time maiden murmers in her sorrow, day and night;
"If I hadn't made him over he would be exactly right."

~ Strickland Gillilan

Respected

By him I was asked to hold my hand.
By me he was rejected.
I know the feeling would be grand,
But I might not be respected.

By him I was asked to hug.
By me he was rejected.
I know the feeling would be snug,
But I might not be respected.

By him I was asked to kiss.
By me he was rejected.
I know the feeling would be bliss,
But ~ well ~ I might not be respected.

I'll probably be an old maid.
By men I'll be rejected.
But what the heck do I care?
By gum, I'll be respected !!

~ author unknown

My Funny Valentine

My funny valentine;
Sweet, comic valentine;
You make me smile with my heart.

Your looks are laughable;
Unphotographable;
Yet, you're my favorite work of art.

Is your figure less than Greek?
Is your mouth a little weak?
When you open it to speak, are you smart?

Don't change a hair for me;
Not if you care for me;
Stay, little valentine, stay!
Each day is valentine's day.

~ music by Richard Rodgers
lyrics by Lorenz Hart

~ from Babes in Arms, Broadway
Pal Joey, film

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