DON'T CALL ME A FLIRT
Philadelphia: E. Ferrett & Co, 1850.

1. Don't call me a flirt and I'll gladly excuse
Whatever opinion of me you may choose,
But speak not, oh! speak not of me with the taunt
That I'm trying to win what I really don't want.
Whatever you say, I'll forgive and forget,
So you speak not of me as a heartless coquette.
Say anything else, and I will not be hurt,
But whatever you call me, don't call me a flirt.

CHORUS: Don't, don't, don't, don't,
Ah! pray don't call me a flirt.
Don't, don't, don't, don't,
Ah! pray don't call me a flirt.

2. You may say, if you please, I'm a terrible blue,
For no mischief is done if the charge should prove true.
I would rather my head should with Hebrew be fill'd
Than that I in the acts of a flirt should be skill'd.
Yes, laugh if you will at the books on my shelves.
'Tis a sign that you're not overburdened yourselves.
You may call me a blue and I will not be hurt,
But whatever you call me, don't call me a flirt.

3. You may say I am ugly, ungraceful or thin.
If I own to all that, I'll be owning no sin.
If you say what is true, I've no cause to complain,
And if flase, I won't mind if you say it again.
But oh! to be held up to anyone's eyes
As the thing that all men do most truly despise!
Call me anything else, and I will not be hurt,
But whatever you call me, don't call me a flirt.