[HE.] I know a youth who loves a little maid - <br />(Hey, but his face is a sight for to see!) <br />Silent is he, for he's modest and afraid - <br />(Hey, but he's timid as a youth can be!) <br />[SHE.] I know a maid who loves a gallant youth - <br />(Hey, but she sickens as the days go by!) <br />SHE cannot tell him all the sad, sad truth - <br />(Hey, but I think that little maid will die!) <br />[BOTH.] Now tell me pray, and tell me true, <br />What in the world should the poor soul do? <br /> <br />[HE.] He cannot eat and he cannot sleep - <br />(Hey, but his face is a sight for to see!) <br />Daily he goes for to wail - for to weep - <br />(Hey, but he's wretched as a youth can be!) <br />[SHE.] She's very thin and she's very pale - <br />(Hey, but she sickens as the days go by!) <br />Daily she goes for to weep - for to wail - <br />(Hey, but I think that little maid will die!) <br />[BOTH.] Now tell me pray, and tell me true, <br />What in the world should the poor soul do? <br /> <br />[SHE.] If I were the youth I should offer her my name - <br />(Hey, but her face is a sight for to see!) <br />[HE.] If I were the maid I should fan his honest flame - <br />(Hey, but he's bashful as a youth can be!) <br />[SHE.] If I were the youth I should speak to her to-day - <br />(Hey, but she sickens as the days go by!) <br />[HE.] If I were the maid I should meet the lad half way - <br />(For I really do believe that timid youth will die!) <br />[BOTH.] I thank you much for your counsel true; <br />I've learnt what that poor soul ought to do!<br /><br />William Schwenck Gilbert<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/he-and-she/
