(Cole Porter)
Miss Otis regrets
She's unable to lunch today
Madam
Miss Otis regrets
She's unable to lunch today
She is sorry to be delayed,
But last evening down at Lover's Lane, she strayed
Madam
Miss Otis regrets
She's unable to lunch today
~interlude~
When she woke from her dream
And found that her love had gone,
Madam
She ran to the man
Who had led her so far astray
And from under her velvet gown,
She drew a gun and shot her lover down
Madam
Miss Otis regrets
She's unable to lunch today
Then the mob came and got her
And dragged her from the jail
Madam
They strung her upon
A willow across the way
And the moment before she died,
She lifted up her lovely head and cried
Madam
Miss Otis regrets
She's unable to lunch today