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Victoria College Students' Carnival. Thursday and Friday, 27th and 28th June, 1907

"A Recipe for Mary Ann."

"A Recipe for Mary Ann."

Air—"Take a pair of sparkling eyes," from The Gondoliers (Sullivan).

Solo
Do you seek a serving maid,—
Put a "Wanted" in the "Post,"
Framed in terms of compromise—
For a place that's highly paid,
And a family two (at most),
Or a child that never cries.
Intimate your strong desire
She should never scrub a floor,
Nor a knife nor window clean,
Wash a plate, nor lay a fire,
Cook, nor be at table seen,
But be free all days at four.
Ah!
Were all this in print arrayed
You might get a priceless maid,
If she stayed.
Were her scruples thus allayed,
Oh!
You might get a priceless maid —
If she stayed.
Were her scruples thus allayed
You would have a priceless maid —
If she stayed — if she stayed —
You would have a priceless maid —
If she stayed — if she stayed.
Should you not succeed this way,
You must not be so severe
In the terms that you exact;
Give her tickets for the play,
And your costume new this year,
And your ball-dress just unpacked,
And your latest ostrich plume.
Let her use the drawing-room,
And your choicest Doulton set,
For her followers and friends,
Thus presuming, with regret,
You may make her slight amends.

Wallace and Gibson, "The Kash," for Hats and Hosiery.

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You will find "Lucy" alright.

Ah!
Were all these to her displayed,
You might get a priceless maid—
If she stayed.
Were her scruples thus allayed,
Oh!
You might get a priceless maid —
If she stayed.
Were her scruples thus allayed,
You would have a priceless maid —
If she stayed — if she stayed —
You would have a priceless maid —
If she stayed — if she stayed.