The Captain With His Whiskers - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
The Captain with His Whiskers 
As they marched through the town, with their banners so gay, I ran to the window to hear the band play; I peeped through the blinds very cautiously then, Lest the neighbors should say I was looking at the men. Oh! I heard the drums beat, and the music so sweet, But my eyes at the time caught a much greater treat, The troop was the finest that I ever did see, And the Captain with his whiskers took a sly glance at me. 
When we met at the ball, I of course thought it right To pretend that we never had met till that night; But he knew me at once I perceived by his glance, And I hung down my head when he asked me to dance: Oh! he sat by my side at the end of the set, And the sweet words he said I never shall forget; My heart was enlisted and could hot get free, As the Captain with his whiskers took a sly glance at me. 
But he marched from the town and I saw him no more, Yet I think of him still and the whiskers he wore; I dream all the night, and I talk all the day, Of the love of a Captain who has gone far away; I remember with superabundant delight, When we met in the street and we danced all the night; And I keep in my mind how my heart jumped with glee, As the Captain with his whiskers took a sly glance at me.