My Granny used to say to me when I was very small,
That she remembers well the day,
She went to her first ball;
How in her dress of crinoline she sat from two till eight,
And how through all those hours she wept . for fear she might be late
But Grandpapa & Grandmama had never even met,
When Grandpapa asked Grandmama
For the Second Minuet.
The hall she said was like a dream
Of blue and gold and red,
And Grandmama was quite the belle;
(At least so Grandma said.)
And all the men were very smart
In coats of every hue,
But one, the fairest of them all,
Was dressed in palest blue.
And Grandpapa and Grandmama had never even met,
When Grandpapa asked Grandmama
For the Second Minuet.
The man in blue came passing by,
And chanced to turn his head,
He fell at once in love with her,
(At least so Grandma said.)
And that is all about the ball,
That I to tell you dare,
For Grandpapa and Grandmama
Are sleeping over there!
BUT Grandpapa and Grandmama had never really met,
When Grandpapa kissed Grandmama
In the Second Minuet.

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