THE DEAR GAZELLE
Arranged with Variations
expressive
“I never loved a dear gazelle,”
Nor aught beside that cost me much:
High prices profit those that sell,
But why should I be fond of such?
pp. cresc.
“To glad me with his soft black eyes,”
My infant son, from Tooting School,
Thrashed by his bigger playmate, flies;
And serve him right, the little fool!
con spirito
a tempo
“But when he came to know me well,”
He kicked me out, her testy sire;
And when I stained my hair, that Bell
Might note the change, and that admire.
dim. D.C.
cadenza
“And love me, it was sure to die.”
A muddy green, or staring blue,
While one might trace, with half an eye,
The still triumphant carrot through.
con dolore