to the tune of Oliver Goldsmith 要饭花子 when lovely woman bends for love and finds, too late, no man behind what magic can give her a shove? what way can ease her lonely mind? The only way her mind to rest To hide her act from her better half To show she is not man-obsessed if she is humorous, is -- to laugh! ..................................... When Lovely Woman By Phoebe Cary When lovely woman wants a favor, And finds, too late, that man won't bend, What earthly circumstance can save her From disappointment in the end? The only way to bring him over, The last experiment to try, Whether a husband or a lover, If he have feelings, is, to cry! ...................................... Oliver Goldsmith's song in The Vicar of Wakefield: When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men betray, What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom--is to die.