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HISTORY OF ERIE COUNTY
With her upturned pansy face,
And her scintillating grace,,
And her rosy lips that trace
A pouting curl;
With her figure trim and neat,
And her hands and waist petite,
She's a picture, "Oh, so sweet!"
The modern girl
An aristocratic pug ,
By a silken cord she '11 tug,
And a paint brush at a jug
She can.hurl;
And she can talk a little, slang,
And the banjo deftly twang
Till it gives her friends a pang—
The modern girl.
Like an angel she can dance,
And the vapid dudes entrance
With her sly, coquettish glance
In the whirl;
She can warble like a lark,
And the gaping crowds remark,
As she gallops In the park—
"The modern girl."
To the tony church she goes,
And she bows her dainty nose,
While she ponders o'er the woes
Of the world;
Then she elevates her chin,
As she takes the bonnets in,
Never thinking this a sin—
The modern girl.
On a sullry summer's day
Tn the foaming surf she'll play,
And her bathing suit of gray
She'll unfurl;
She'll recline upon the sand
And her parasol expand,
To display her jeweled hand—
The modern girl.