Leap Year

Leap Year comes but once in four,
But when it comes, Excelsior!
For heigh! the merrie merrie quest
Of maid for him she loves the best.

This year a bachelor is taxed,
If he says No when he is "axed"
A new silk dress for each offence,
A most extortionate expense!

And since he hasn't got the price
In these hard times, he'll have to splice.
For two can starve as cheap as one.
And so the job's as good as done.

But if you want to get your man,
It's high time that the chase began;
Yet if you're wise you'll take our tip,
And take a look before you lip.

So atta girl! and gie't a buck,
Because you never know your luck;
And if you're not to debtor averse,
He's yours to take for better or worse!

And if statistics tail to show
That wedding bells are on the go.
There'll be some cause to feel alarm
That College girls have lost their charm.