BARBARA SONG

I once thought in my innocent youth
And I once was as innocent as you
Perhaps I too would have a suitor one day
Then I must know what to do
And if he's rich and if he's nice
And if his collar is white as snow
And if he knows how to treat a lady
Then I shall tell him
no

Then you hold your head up high
And don't let your feelings show
Sure, the moon will shine all night
But the boat on the river will stay tied up tight
That's as far as you can go
Oh, you can't simply lie back
You must be cold and heartless as you know
Or else all sorts of things
Could happen
Yes, there's just one answer-
no

The first to come along was a man from Kent
He was all that a man should be
The second had three ships in the harbor
And the third was mad about me
And they had money and they were nice
And their collars were white as snow
And they knew how to treat a lady
So I had to tell them
No

I held my head up high
Didrt let my feelings show
Sure, the moon shone all night
But the boat on the river stayed tied up tight
That's as far as things could go
Oh, you can't simply lie back
You must be cold and heartless as you know
Or else all sorts of things could happen
Yes, there's just one answer
No

But then one day when the sky was blue
Came a man who didn't bother wooing
He tossed his hat on the peg in my room
And I no longer knew what I was doing
Since he had no money and he wasn't nice
And his collar wasrt white as snow
Since he didn't know how to treat a lady
I couldn't tell him no
I no longer held my head up high
And I let my feelings show
Oh, the moon shone as before
But the boat cast loose and drifted from the shore
That's just how it had to go
Oh, then you must simply lie back
Oh, you can't be cold and heartless, you know
Oh, it simply had to happen
There was no such word as
No