My Grannie used to say to me When I was very small, That she remembered 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 Grand-pa-pa and Grand-ma-ma had never even met When Grand-pa-pa asked Grand-ma-ma for the second Munuet. The hall, she said, was like a dream of blue and gold and red, And Grand-ma-ma was quite the belle (At least so Grand-ma said,) And all the men were very smart in coats of ev'ry hue, But one, the fairest of them all, was dress'd in palest blue, And Grand-pa-pa and Grand-ma-ma had never even met When Grand-pa-pa asked Grand-ma-ma for the second Minuet. The man in blue came passing by, And chanc'd to turn his head, He fell at once in love with her (At least so Grand-ma said,) And that is all a- bout the Ball that I to tell you dare 'Cos Grand-pa-pa and Grand-ma-ma are sleeping over there; But Grand-pa-pa and Grand-ma-ma had never really met When Grand-pa-pa kissed Grand-ma-ma in the second Minuet. --NOTE-- I copied the lyrics exactly from my sheet music!!! EVERYTHING IS EXACT!!!
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