Heart-Beets

Heart-Beets

“Wilt thou be mine, Oh, Rosy One
Thou’rt sweet enough to eat.”
Thus spoke an am’rous tuber
To his sweetheart, shy Miss Beet.
When Miss Beet heard her lover’s plea
She coyly whispered, “Yes;
But you’d better ask Papa, my dear.
Before we wed, I guess.”
Paterfamilias heard the swain–
His answer–why repeat it?
The meaning was quite clear and so
The lover wisely–“Beet it.”

From: Vegetable verselets for humorous vegetarians (1911)