I wish I were a pretty girl,

     As pretty as could be;

Then would the very homely ones

     Just stop and envy me.

And all the men who passed me by

     Would turn around to see;

If I were but a pretty girl,

     As pretty as could be.

I wish I were a pretty girl,

     But I am not you see;

I’m nothing but a homely man,

     As homely as can be.

E’en could I wed a pretty girl

     I’d be alright, you see;

Alas! I can’t; I am so plain

     They will not look at me.

April 24, ‘09