Ballade of a Polygamous Heart

Sylvia, Gwendolyn, and Flo;
Janet and Marie;
Hilda, Mary Jane, and Jo;
Belle, Andromache;
Frances, Katharine, and Bee;
Blanche and Caroline;
Gladys, Emma, Lalage —
Be my Valentine!

Ethel, Edna, Doris, O-
Phelia, Dorothy,
Winifred, Keziah, Lo-
La, Penelope,
Maida, Margaret, and Ney-
Sa and Geraldine;
Sally, Ruth, and Emily —
Be my Valentine!

Mrs. Adams, Mrs. Trow,
Mrs. Cassidy,
Miss McComas, Miss LeVeau,
Mrs. McAttee,
Mrs. Ferber, Miss DuPree,
Mrs. Rosenstein,
Mrs. Glass and Miss McGee —
Be my Valentine!

L'ENVOI

Queens and princesses, to ye
Goes this heart of mine;
Willow waly, woe is me!
Be my Valentine!

Sylvia, Gwendolyn, and Flo;
Janet and Marie;
Hilda, Mary Jane, and Jo;
Belle, Andromache;
Frances, Katharine, and Bee;
Blanche and Caroline;
Gladys, Emma, Lalage —
Be my Valentine!

Ethel, Edna, Doris, O-
Phelia, Dorothy,
Winifred, Keziah, Lo-
La, Penelope,
Maida, Margaret, and Ney-
Sa and Geraldine;
Sally, Ruth, and Emily —
Be my Valentine!

Mrs. Adams, Mrs. Trow,
Mrs. Cassidy,
Miss McComas, Miss LeVeau,
Mrs. McAttee,
Mrs. Ferber, Miss DuPree,
Mrs. Rosenstein,
Mrs. Glass and Miss McGee —
Be my Valentine!

L'ENVOI

Queens and princesses, to ye
Goes this heart of mine;
Willow waly, woe is me!
Be my Valentine!
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