A man would be quite the fool/ to miss out on an evening of pool/ in Napoleon’s France/ where the men wore tight pants/ and the ladies kept cool in tulle./// Every now and then they would pause/ for a moment to dampen the gauze/ and enhance the display/ of that old “je ne sais”/ which could even earn them applause/// Whenever they leaned o’er the felt/ one might catch a glimpse of a “pelt”/ a splendiferous sight/ which possibly might/ cause the iciest heart to melt../// Their bank shots were terribly poor,/ their control of the cue was unsure/ their favorite mistake?/ Sink the eight ball on break/..but it didn’t reduce their allure./ Now here is a hot tip for you, / before you start “chalking your cue”:/ those garments “Empire”/ were wonderf’ly sheer/ but those glorious “temps” are “perdus ”.
A man would be quite the fool/ to miss out on an evening of pool/ in Napoleon’s France/ where the men wore tight pants/ and the ladies kept cool in tulle./// Every now and then they would pause/ for a moment to dampen the gauze/ and enhance the display/ of that old “je ne sais”/ which could even earn them applause/// Whenever they leaned o’er the felt/ one might catch a glimpse of a “pelt”/ a splendiferous sight/ which possibly might/ cause the iciest heart to melt../// Their bank shots were terribly poor,/ their control of the cue was unsure/ their favorite mistake?/ Sink the eight ball on break/..but it didn’t reduce their allure./ Now here is a hot tip for you, / before you start “chalking your cue”:/ those garments “Empire”/ were wonderf’ly sheer/ but those glorious “temps” are “perdus ”.