When a Girl Says “No”
When a girl says “Yes,”
There’s a quick caress,
A kiss, a sigh,
A melting eye.
There’s a vision of things
That hard cash brings,—
A winter at Nice
With a servant apiece,
A long yachting cruise,
Name in “personal news,”
Plenty of wine,
Two hours to dine;
But it’s different quite when a girl says “No.”
When a girl says “No,”
It’s so different, oh!
No kiss, ten sighs,
Two tear-dimmed eyes.
There’s a vision of things
That poverty brings,—
A winter complete
On Uneasy Street,
A temptation to rob,
A twelve-dollar job,
A boarding-house meal,
And you pray a new deal;
For it’s different quite when a girl says “No.”