Eva Nell

EVE NELL
BY

JOHN M. ARRIBAS

EVA NELL WAS A BEAUTIFUL BABY,  LATER A TEEN
A GORGEOUS WOMAN,  AS HAS EVER BEEN SEEN
COQUETTISH, CHARMING, WITH  INVITING SIGHS
SOME SAID THERE WAS EVIL BEHIND THOSE EYES
OF ALL THE MEN THAT PURSED HER EXOTIC  CHARMS
IT WASN’T A SURPRISE THAT SHE FELL INTO THE ARMS
OF THE WEALTHIEST  BACHELOR IN OUR TOWN
THEY SOON WED , SHE WORE A BEJEWELED CROWN
 
THEY LIVED THE LIFE, THE RICH ARE PROJECTED
THEN ONE NIGHT AN AWFUL SCENE UNEXPECTED
HER IN-LAWS  WERE KILLED WHEN FAILING TO BRAKE
CAR JUMPED THE GUARD RAIL AND SANK INTO A LAKE
RUMORS SAID EVA AND HER SPOUSE DID THEM IN
AN UNBRIDLED AND RICHER LIFE NOW TO BEGIN
AFTER ALL THIS WAS BIG MONEY, AND ONLY ONE HEIR
SUSPECTING THE FOUL PLAY WAS TOTALLY FAIR

ABOUT A YEAR LATER TRAGEDY BEFELL EVA NELL
HER HUSBAND PERISHED HE  FELL INTO A WELL
OFFICIALS  LAUNCHED A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION
NOT MUCH REMAINED DUE TO SAME DAY CREMATION

EVA MOVED TO RICHMOND,  THEN ONE NIGHT AT A BALL
SHE ATTRACTED A RICH WIDOWER HANDSOME AND TALL
WITHIN A FEW MONTHS THEY WERE JOYFULLY WED
WITHIN A FEW MONTHS HER HUSBAND WAS DEAD
AS THE SURVIVING SPOUSE SHE WAS AWARDED HALF
SMIRKING DISBELIEVERS GIGGLED AND LAUGHED
SNIDE REMARKS AND WHISPERS TO HARD TO BREACH 
SOLD ALL OF THE ASSETS AND MOVED TO PALM BEACH

THEN ONE NIGHT AT A CHARITABLE AFFAIR
SHE MET A OLD GENTLEMAN,  A MILLIONAIRE
IN A QUICK ORDER THE TWO WERE ALL SMILES
THEN WED, OFF IN A YACHT TO ROMANTIC ISLES
NO ONE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED NEXT
THE OLD MAN HAD DROWNED SO SAID THE TEXT



EVA NELL (2)


SOMBER AND SAD SHE RETURNED TO PALM BEACH
A GREAT FORTUNE WELL  WITHIN HER REACH
COLLECTED INSURANCE AND HER MARITAL SHARE
THEN OFF TO EUROPE WITH NARY A CARE
IN-LAWS DEMANDED THE EVENT BE INVESTIGATED
TO LATE, THAT VERY DAY SHE HAD HIM CREMATED
AGAIN SNIDE REMARKS AND SUSPICIOUS CRIES
CAUSED HER TO MOVE  FROM PRYING EYES

SHE MOVED TO MIAMI WHERE THE BEAUTIFUL MEET
FREQUENTED SOUTH BEACH A MAGNIFICENT TREAT
POOR EVA NELL MORE GRIEF FOR HER TO SURVIVE
SUBSEQUENTLY LOST HUSBANDS  FOUR AND FIVE

THEN ONE NIGHT WHILE CROSSING THE STREET
SHE WAS NEARLY STRUCK EXCEPT FOR THE FLEET
ACTIONS OF A MAN, WHO SWEPT HER INTO HIS ARMS
CULTURED AND URBANE GIFTED WITH CHARMS
ENRAPTURED , SHE INVITED HIM TO DINE AT  HER PLACE
WITHIN A FEW DAYS THE TWO IN CONSTANT EMBRACE
SHE SAID TO HIM, YOU I MUST MARRY
OFF TO RENO NO TIME  TO TARRY
AT A SIMPLE CHAPEL, THEY BOTH SAID I DO
SHE HAD FOUND HER LOVE HONEST AND TRUE

SHE WAS TRULY HAPPY, BEAUTIFUL AND RICH
A FEW MONTH LATER SHE WAS FOUND  IN A DITCH
THEY SAY SHE WAS DRIVING FAR TOO FAST
OTHERS SAY SHE WAS CAUGHT UP BY HER PAST

HER BEREAVED HUSBAND WAS SOON  REWARDED
TO ALL THE RICHES EVA NELL HAD EXTORTED 
JACK WAS A BEAUTIFUL BABY LATER A TEEN
BECAME A MODERN ADONIS AS EVER BEEN SEEN
FOR ALL HIS CHARMS AND ROMANTIC SIGHS
SOME SAID THERE WAS EVIL BEHIND THOSE EYES

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