not a great romancer gen.

[alvft]

Не совсем улавливаю смысл четверостишия из песни Кола Портера:
And though I'm not a great romancer
I know that you're bound to answer
When we propose
Anything goes

Может, кто-нибудь подскажет? Заранее спасибо!

Контекст:
In olden days a glimpse of stocking
Was looked on as something shocking
Now heaven knows
Anything goes

Good authors too who once knew better words
Now only use four letter words
Writing prose
Anything goes

The world has gone mad today
And good's bad today, and day's night today
And black's white today
When most guys today that women prize today
Are just silly gigolos

And though I'm not a great romancer
I know that you're bound to answer
When we propose
Anything goes

The world has gone mad today
And good's bad today, and day's night today
And black's white today
And most guys today that women prize today
Are just silly gigolos

And though we're not such great romancers
We know that you're bound to answer
When we propose
Anything goes, anything goes
Anything goes

[trtrtr]

Типа не очень умею обращаться с женщинами

[alvft]

trtrtr, спасибо! А что такое when we propose?

[Marylu23]

видимо, "предлагаем руку и сердце")

[x-z]

propose -- делать предложение женщине

[trtrtr]

With “True Love” riding the top of the charts, and the wild men of rock & roll stalking the stage, the one-time cosmopolitan king of jade and licentiousness could afford to embrace the old-fashioned path to marriage with a new line for his old number: “I know that you’re bound to answer when I propose — Anything Goes!”
http://www.picklehead.com/ian/romancer.html

[Susan]

я не умею романтично, но твоего ответа жду
я руку предложил прилично, и вот теперь дела пойдут!
: -) шутка

[натрикс]

Я старый солдат и не знаю слов любви:)

[mikhailS]

Here is a great romancer :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcFx5SZmfAI