Do not cover, maid, your lantern
With a bushel: make some man turn.
You can do it with the way
All the damsels dress today:
Just exchange the lantern for a
Well-illuminated doorway!
(or ….same title)
Do not hide, sweet maid, your lantern
If you cannot make a man turn.
Brighten up, be cheerful, gay;
For the way you dress today,
You can trade the lantern for a
Well-illuminated doorway!
by Ray Romine Monday, September 10, 1945
