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.”