Deportmental ditties : and other verses . the saraband of Prussia, and the rigadoon of Kussia, Which demand the greatest energy and zeal,—From that not-to-be-ignored dance which the Scottish term a Sword-dance, To a reel. When your grandmamma went dancing, her behaviour was entrancing ; Such decorum, so much grace, were rarely seen !And her too impatient lover was compelled, alas ! to hover On the outskirts of her spacious demurely minuetting in a staid and sober setting, She religiously maintained her self-respect;When she plied the light fantastic, every pose, however plastic
Deportmental ditties : and other verses . the saraband of Prussia, and the rigadoon of Kussia, Which demand the greatest energy and zeal,—From that not-to-be-ignored dance which the Scottish term a Sword-dance, To a reel. When your grandmamma went dancing, her behaviour was entrancing ; Such decorum, so much grace, were rarely seen !And her too impatient lover was compelled, alas ! to hover On the outskirts of her spacious demurely minuetting in a staid and sober setting, She religiously maintained her self-respect;When she plied the light fantastic, every pose, however plastic, Was correct. What a pleasing variation from the present generation To whom dancing is a mere athletic sport,Which if people toil a lot at they can get extremely hot at, —Just a form of taking exercise, in short!Men, inspired by flute and fiddle, grasp their partners round the middle, And revolve till they can scarcely stand upright,While their cousins and their sisters dance their little feet to blisters, Evry T i u - , rM. 43 Deportmental Ditties
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