When a Girl says "No."

When a girl says "Yes,"

There's a quick caress,

A kiss, a sigh,

A melting eye.

There's a vision of things

That hard cash brings,—

A winter at Nice

With a servant apiece,

A long yachting cruise,

Name in "personal news,"

Plenty of wine,

Two hours to dine;

But it's different quite when a girl says "No."

When a girl says "No,"

It's so different, oh!

No kiss, ten sighs,

Two tear-dimmed eyes.

There's a vision of things

That poverty brings,—

A winter complete

On Uneasy Street,

A temptation to rob,

A twelve-dollar job,

A boarding-house meal,

And you pray a new deal;

For it's different quite when a girl says "No."