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MISS OTIS REGRETS SHE'S UNABLE TO LUNCH TODAY. 
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MADAM, 
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MISS OTIS REGRETS SHE'S UNABLE TO LUNCH TODAY. 
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SHE IS SORRY TO BE DELAYED, 
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BUT LAST EVENING DOWN IN LOVER'S LANE SHE STRAYED, 
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MADAM, 
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MISS OTIS REGRETS SHE'S UNABLE TO LUNCH TODAY. 
 
WHEN SHE WOKE UP AND FOUND 

THAT HER DREAM OF LOVE WAS GONE, 

MADAM, 

SHE RAN TO THE MAN 

WHO HAD LED HER SO FAR ASTRAY, 

AND FROM UNDER HER VELVET GOWN 

SHE DREW A GUN AND SHOT HER LOVER MAN DOWN, 

MADAM, 

MISS OTIS REGRETS SHE'S UNABLE TO LUNCH TODAY. 
 
WHEN THE MOB CAME AND GOT HER 

AND DRAGGED HER FROM THE JAIL, 

MADAM, 

THEY STRUNG HER UPON 

THE OLD WILLOW ACROSS THE WAY, 

AND THE MOMENT BEFORE SHE DIED 

SHE LIFTED UP HER LOVELY HEAD AND CRIED, 

MADAM, 

MISS OTIS REGRETS SHE'S UNABLE TO LUNCH TODAY 
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MISS OTIS REGRETS SHE'S UNABLE TO LUNCH 
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TODAY