[Verse] All court conversation To my observation Is naughty And woefully pert With joy unabating The ladiesinwaiting Are waiting To dish thee the dirt Such talk never charms me In sooth, it alarms me When told by a hoyden or a valet Mere greetings and glances Rouse talk of romances Each kiss is a study in scarlet Oh dear, when theres scandal about the court I blush! Oh dear, at the naughtiness they report I blush! Things they say sound very queer to me What they mean is never clear to me But it cant be very nice The way they hush I blush! Such sights are not fit for a maidens view I blush! Oh, dear, I know just what I ought to do I blush! But you see I cant condemn a tale If its end I do not know Oh dear, I blush! But I love it so! Oh dear, but the Queen carries on a bit I blush! Oh, dear, though I breathe not a word of it I blush! Launcelot loveth her beauty well As a knight, he doth his duty well On the throne, they get so very warm They burn the plush I blush! Arthur is a rather unwary King I blush! The Queen made Launcelot honorary King I blush! To be sure Its none of my concern If he kissed her once or twice Oh dear, I blush! But its rather nice! Tristan told his heart to Isolde in song I blush! Oh dear, but the song was six hours long I blush! What they did was wrong beyond a doubt If it took so long to sing about And the thought can make my lily Cheek to flush I blush! Oh dear, how they yodeled of love and death I blush! They died not from love but from lack of breath I blush! That it was A proper way to die It is, silly to pretend I blush, but oh dear What a lovely end!
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