Glossary
jumpy = jumper
cardy = cardigan
drinkies = alcohol
pandy = hand
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spuddy duddies = potatoes
roon = rabbit
booon = bunny
pickling = raining
The Ladies’ Grand Excuse Me
There was a time not long ago
When formal dances raged unchecked
And ladies draped in flowing frocks
Like hawks pursued their dance cards
The games that men and women play
So varied in their plots and schemes
Paled by that, most wicked, rouse
The Ladies’ Grand Excuse Me
It is not known who hatched this code
Or why the gentry seized it
But here it is and here it stays
A mantrap, none more deadly
So there they prance, the hapless beaus
Their sweethearts’ arms around them
And all seems well until the cry,
‘The Ladies’ Grand Excuse Me’
The prey in sight, the target locked
Beware, young damsels, heed me!
A single touch and all is lost
For nought can block the shot
The vanquished melt into the crowd
Defeat a bitter blow
Yet there are others, and you are free…
The Ladies’ Grand Excuse Me
Tale Time -
An excerpt from the novel, Useless Augustus Good for Nothing..