The World’s Wit and Humor: An Encyclopedia in 15 Volumes. 1906.
College HumorA Merry, Blue-Eyed Laddie
Juliet Wilbur Tompkins, in “The Vassar Miscellany”
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Singing, “Hey, but the world is a gay, gay place!”
And every little lassie smooths her tumbled locks a-down,
And brings out all her dimples and hides away her frown,
And lays aside her broom and mop, the bonnie boy to chase,
Singing, “Hey, but the world is a gay, gay place!”
Singing, “Hey, but the world is a gay, gay place!”
Then every dimple vanishes, and back comes every frown,
And every little lassie folds away her Sunday gown,
With tear-drops trickling sadly down her woful little face,
Sighing, “Hey, but the world is a sad, sad place!”