And now the hours go by fastMeffy wrote:
Groucho Marx performed / Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg wrote:[speaking]
My life was wrapped around the circus. Her name was Lydia. I met her at the World's Fair in 1900... marked down from 1940.
Ah, Lydia! She was the most glorious creature under the suuunnnn. Guiess -- DuBarry -- Garbo, rolled into one.
[singing]
Oooooooh...
Lydia, oh Lydia, say have you met Lydia?
Lydia the Tattooed Lady.
She has eyes that folks adore so,
And a torso even more so.
Lydia, oh Lydia, that encyclopidia,
Oh, Lydia the Queen of Tattoo.
On her back is the Battle of Waterloo.
Beside it the wreck of the Hesperus, too.
And proudly above waves the Red, White, and Blue,
You can leaaaaarn a lot from Lydia.
La la la, la la la, la la la, la la la...
When her robe is unfurled, she will show you the world,
If you step up and tell her where.
For a dime you can see Kankakee or Paree,
Or Washington crossing the Delaware.
La la la, la la la, la la la, la la la
Oh Lydia, oh Lydia, say have you met Lydia,
Oh, Lydia the Tattooed Lady
When her muscles start relaxin',
Up the hill comes Andrew Jackson!
Lydia, oh Lydia, that encyclopidia,
Oh, Lydia the queen of them all!
For two bits she will do a mazurka in jazz,
With a view of Niagara that nobody has.
And on a clear day you can see Alcatraaaaz --
You can learn a lot from Lydia.
La la la, la la la, la la la, la la la
Come along and see Buff'lo Bill with his lasso --
Just a little classic by Mendel Picasso.
Here is Captain Spaulding exploring the Amazon;
Here's Godiva but with her pajamas on.
La la la, la la la, la la la, la la la!
Here's Grover Whalen unveilin' the Trylon;
Over on the West Coast we have Treasure Island.
Here is Nijinsky a-doin' the rhumba...
Here's her social security numba.
[whistles]
La la la, la la la, la la la, la la la...
Oh Lydia, oh Lydia, that encyclopidia!
Lydia, the champ of them all.
She once swept an Admiral clear off his feet
(The ships on her hips made his heart skip a beat)...
And now the old boy's in command of the fleet,
For he weeeent and married Lydia!
I said Lydiaaa...
{He said Lydia!}
They said Lydia...
{We said Lydiaaaa!}
La La!
And memories come from the past
As he tells the girl the story of his life
You see a long long time ago
He fell in love, but let her go
And if he had the chance again, she'd be his wife
And he sings to her nightly, he says
Lydia, oh Lydia, I wish I didn't get ridda ya
Lydia I miss your rose tatoo
There's some things I can't forget
Oh hunny why did I dis ya? (you can learn alot from Lydia)
I gotta move it like this
Aaahhhhhhh (hold me, squeeze me)
Aaahhhhhhh
Aaahhhhhhh (hold me, squeeze me)
Aaahhhhhhh
..................................K7
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