Sweet-scented Handsome Young Man - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
Sweet-Scented Handsome Young Man. Copyright, 1876, by Sam Devere. 
There's a sweet-scented handsome young man in this town, His name is Theophilus Aristides Brown; With weak-minded females he's gained some renown, This sweet-scented handsome young man. He's a" dainty as a butterfly, and in colors as gay. And flutters from corner to corner all day; He's too sweet for anything, that's what the girls say Of this sweet-scented handsome young man. 
Chorus. He wears a red neck-tie, his complexion is fair, Straight down from the middle he parts his blonde hair; He skips o'er the gutter like a thing made of air, This sweet-scented handsome young man. 
There's a few straggling hairs upon his upper lip-His legs are the size of a two-cent tallow dip; He looks like a chicken that's just had the pip, This sweet-scented handsome young man. If caught in the rain he would surely expire-Gotten up expressly for girl to admire; He could jump through a sieve without touching a wire, Could this sweet-scented handsome young man.-Chorus. 
To break the girls' hearts is his object, 'twould seem, By day it's his hobby, by night it's his dream; His chief food is sponge-cake, root-beer and ice-cream, This sweet-scented dainty young man. Such effiminate young men may all be very fine. Their attention all clear-headed girls will decline; I'll be darn'd if he could marry any sister of mine, No such sweet-scented handsome young man.-Chorus.