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No. 4 - Song - Winnie - "The Bonnet Shop"
| Winnie: | When a girl of common sense Wants to make a competence, It's a theme for thought intense How she is to make it; If she happens to prefer Starting as a milliner, There's a bonnet shop for her-- She has but to take it. But what has she to do for it, To do for it? She has to snare a millionaire, A Christian or a Jew for it, To smile and say, "Perhaps some day," And then, of course, to stop! Oh! it takes a lot before you've got Your little bonnet shop! |
| When a girl of high degree Goes into society, Richly married she would be If she isn't silly; So she makes the deadest set At a sporting baronet, Till he says, "I say, you bet, That's a rippin' filly!" And what has she to do for him, To do for him? She bets and smokes and laughs at jokes That turn the "Pink Un" blue for him; At Bridge she plays, and if she pays Her necklace she must pop; Oh! she has to go a trifle low To get her bonnet shop! |
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| When a lady sets her heart On a leading social part, She'll be smartest of the smart, Greatest of successes; She must not be cold and proud, That will not impress the crowd; She must talk extremely loud, Wearing ditto dresses. And what has she to do for it, To do for it? She flirts with men, some nine or ten, A London season through for it; Until perhaps her nerves collapse, Or cash and credit stop; It seems to me I'd rather be Under a bonnet shop. |
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Page modified 7 December 2016