_Chorus._ My Nellie’s blue eyes, My Nellie’s blue eyes, Bright as the stars that shine above, My Nellie’s blue eyes. * * * * * The above is part of the original song which inspired Mr. Charles Coborn with the idea of one of the most popular parodies of modern times, _Two Lovely Black Eyes_. TWO LOVELY BLACK EYES; _or_, _No more Politics for me_. Strolling so happy down Bethnal Green, This gay youth you might have seen, Tompkins and I with his girl between; Oh, what a surprise! I praised the Conservatives frank and free, Tompkins got angry so speedilee, All in a moment he handed to me, Two lovely black eyes. _Chorus._ Two lovely black eyes, Oh what a surprise! Only for telling a man he was wrong, Two lovely black eyes. Next time I argued I thought it best, To give the Conservative side a rest, The merits of Gladstone I freely pressed, When oh, what a surprise! The chap I had met was a Tory true, Nothing the Liberals right could do, This was my share of that argument too, Two lovely black eyes! _Chorus._ Two lovely black eyes, Oh what a surprise! Only for telling a man he was wrong, Two lovely black eyes. The moral you’ve caught I can hardly doubt, Never on politics rave and shout, Leave it to others to fight it out, If you would be wise. Better, far better, it is to let Lib’rals and Tories alone, you bet, Unless you’re willing and anxious to get Two lovely black eyes! _Chorus._ Two lovely black eyes, Oh, what a surprise! Only for telling a man he was wrong, Two lovely black eyes. The music for this amusing song was arranged by Mr. Edmund Forman, and it is published by Francis Bros. and Day, of Oxford Street, London. “Two Lovely Black Eyes” created such a furore at the Trocadero Music Hall (formerly the Argyll Rooms) that it was christened “The Trocadero Anthem,” and on February 8, 1887, _The Pall Mall Gazette_ gave an account of the wild enthusiasm with which the singer was nightly received, and reported the following remarks, made by Mr. Coborn, as to the origin of the song. “OH, WHAT A SURPRISE!”