Mary Draper

DESCRIPTION: "Don't talk to me of London dames, Nor rave about your foreign flames... And let me tell you, mighty few Could equal Mary Draper." He describes her beauty. She can drive a team and can shoot, too. She had man admirers. But "such girls are gone"
AUTHOR: Words: Charles Lever (source: BarneysCourtshipSongster)
EARLIEST DATE: 1872 (BarneysCourtshipSongster)
KEYWORDS: love beauty derivative
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
BarneysCourtshipSongster, p. 30, "Mary Draper" (1 text)
Roud #37798
File: BCoS030

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