The Scars

[STUYVESANT, spoken]
It is not to be expected that a maiden arrive at a marriageable age without sundry contacts of one kind and another. Which it would be just as well not to discuss in public!

(sung)
When a military man is at the height of his career
And marching his battalion off to wars
He's fought numerous engagements for his country far and near
In serving his apprenticeship to Mars
And he naturally accumulates some decorative scars
In serving his apprenticeship to Mars

[ENSEMBLE]
And he naturally accumulates some decorative scars
In serving his apprenticeship to Mars

[STUYVESANT]
Now a melting maiden's marriage is the height of her career
And unless she is particularly stupid
She's fought many a minor battle for her country front and rear
In serving her apprenticeship to Cupid
And she naturally accumulates experimental scars
In winning these preliminary wars

[ENSEMBLE]
And she naturally accumulates experimental scars
In winning these preliminary wars

[STUYVESANT]
When a soldier takes a maiden and a maiden takes a man
For free exchange of philogenic blisses
Let both of them remember as a part of nature's plan
It's practice that makes perfect in our kisses
When lovely Venus lies beside her lord and master Mars
They mutually profit by their scars

[ENSEMBLE]
When lovely Venus lies beside her lord and master Mars
They mutually profit by their scars