/// She left home by the gate to the stream.
Looking back, her past seemed like a dream.
She climbed into his rowboat,
but her lover’s a showboat
who’d been cut from the Yale rowing team.
/// Showing off, he rowed using one oar,
but his dinghy kept veering toward shore.
And his curses were loud,
quickly drawing a crowd.
Their elopement’s a secret no more.
/// She left home by the gate to the stream.
Looking back, her past seemed like a dream.
She climbed into his rowboat,
but her lover’s a showboat
who’d been cut from the Yale rowing team.
/// Showing off, he rowed using one oar,
but his dinghy kept veering toward shore.
And his curses were loud,
quickly drawing a crowd.
Their elopement’s a secret no more.