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Dainty Dora

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TO D. M. M.     Greeks once sang a lovely song         To their maiden Cora;     But my lay floats soft along         To my Dainty Dora.     Frenchmen sing of Anne Belle,         Romans sang of Flora;     But I sing my song to tell         Of my Dainty Dora.     Scotchmen sing their songs to move         Mary or Debora;     But I sing my song of love -         Love for Dainty Dora.     Poets now a song may give         Psyche or Lenora;     But I'll sing long as I live         Just for Dainty Dora!

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