Polly Believed in Preparedness



[Verse]
 * Ev'ry maiden today should know men thru and thru,
 * And it's never to [sic] soon to begin.
 * To study their ways for each year nowadays,
 * It gets harder to gather them in.


 * I once knew a girl who was prudence itself,
 * For she always was looking ahead;
 * She practiced each glance and left nothing to chance
 * "Be prepared was her motto, she said.

[Refrain]
 * Polly believed in Preparedness,
 * So when she put on a new dress,
 * She paid attention to things we won't mention
 * You don't know they're there, but you guess


 * Though her efforts were frequently wasted,
 * Still no trouble and forethought, she spared,
 * For she said "You can't know when the wind's going to blow.
 * She liked to be prepared.

[Verse]
 * Now and then, some young man would drop in at her home
 * For a nice cozy afternoon chat
 * She made preparations for such conversations
 * Before he had hung up his hat.


 * Young men, as you know, often let themselves go,
 * And are apt to say more than they mean;
 * So she felt the fitness of having a witness
 * to take a few notes of the scene.

[Refrain]
 * Polly believed in preparedness,
 * She knew what these meetings can be;
 * So she'd deposit her aunt in a closet,
 * And father behind the settee


 * When men talked indiscreetly, how sweetly
 * she'd smile, as their fervor she shared.
 * In a corner, alone, stood a small dictaphone
 * She liked to be prepared.