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Come, live with us and be our cook, / And we will all the whimsies brook / That German, Irish, Swede, and Slav / And all the dear domestics have.
And you shall sit upon the stoop / What time we go and cook the soup, / And you shall hear, both night and day, / Melodious pianolas play.
And we will make the beds, of course, / You'll have two autos and a horse, / A lady to Marcel your tresses, / And all the madame's half-worn dresses.
Your gowns shall be of lace and silk, / Your laving shall be done in milk. / Two trained physicians when you cough, / And Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays off.
When you are mashing Irish spuds / You'll wear the very finest duds. / If good to you these prospects look, / Come, live with us and be our cook.
On callers we have put no stops, / We love the iceman and the cops, / And no alarm clock with its ticks / And bell to ring at half-past six.
O Gretchen, Bridget, Hulda, Mary, / Come, be our genius culinary. / If good to you these prospects look, / Come, live with us and be our cook.