Volume 99 — MY MOTHER BIDS ME DYE MY HAIR.
Reading edition
[Auburn is said to be the present fashionable colour in hair.]
The Hazard of the Dye.
My Mother bids me dye my hair A lovely auburn hue, She says I ought to be aware It's quite the thing to do. "Why sit," she cries, "without a smile, Whilst others dance instead?" Alas! no partners ask me while My tresses are not red. When no one else at all is near, And I am quite alone, I sadly shed a bitter tear To think the Season's gone. But when the time again draws nigh, The time when maidens wed, I'm quite resolved to "do and dye"— My tresses shall be red!