by Jerome Kern

“ Ev'ry maiden today should know men thru and thru, And it's never to 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 ”

“ 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 ”