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"Have I told you the name of a lady?

Have I told you the name of a dear?

        'Twas known long ago,

        And ends with an O;

You don't hear it often round here.

Have I talked of the eyes of a lady?

Have I talked of the eyes that are bright?

        Their color, you see,

        Is B-L-U-E;

They're the gin in the cocktail of light.

Have I sung of the hair of a lady?

Have I sung of the hair of a dove?

        What shade do you say?

        B-L-A-C-K;

It's the fizz in the champagne of love.

Can you guess it—the name of the lady?

She is sweet, she is fair, she is coy.

        Your guessing forego,

        It's J-U-N-O;

She's the mint in the julep of joy."