Show J r A WOMAN WHO NEVER GOSSIPS I neverwould gossip There More isnt a woman closemouthed than I am There never could be It COPS tnt nUn n h < u U vu i turn out at me other And little theyd know if theywaited for me To tell or repeat what I see or I hear Im a woman who never could gossip my dear But Mrs Smith really I can not help telling you My Anna Maria shes coming home soon From a visit to Mary Brown over in Temple ton She says that the wash hasnt been out till noon One week shame since shes been there now aint it a But Marys a slattern b by nature and name When Harry Brown married I said twas no good to him Taking a Bennett theyre a shiftless set poor And the Browns arc forehanded you might say theyre stingy I warned him beforehand but small thanks yon get For advising your neighbors Ive found that is true There sure to resent it whatever you do Now would you believe Elizabeth Cameron Flew into a passion and called me a hen A meddlesome hen when I told her the neigh bors said That gentlemen she flirted too much with the young Who board at her mothers How was I to know They were friends of her brothers and one was her beau Did yon notice Miss White wore a blue dress last Smirtnv For a maiden of fort dont that look rather gay And Miss Tucker told me but dont say that I said so Shes trying to marry old Dr Fred Gray No fools like an old fool so may be its true Shell live to repent it between me and you The Greens have lost money and pray do not mention it But his wife and his mother can never agree He told me so yesterday in strictest confi dence But I dont want it told as coming from me I dont call it gossiping just telling you I must go now come over real soon please do V r Ledger |