From the sheet music at Baylor University: IF YOU’RE OLD FASHIONED YOU’RE LONG UNDERWEAR Words and music by Bobby Heath, Archie Fletcher & Alex Marr, 1926. 1. There’s a brand-new saying that is going ’round— Funny little saying the girls and boys have found. At each dance or party, all that you will hear Is the crazy little word; it’s ringing in your ear: CHORUS 1: Long underwear, long underwear, That’s the crazy little word that you hear ev’rywhere. If you are old-fashioned, someone will declare You’re a joke, an old slowpoke; you’re just long underwear. 2. Girlies with long dresses, they have seen their day. Pretty golden tresses, all have gone to stay. Good old-fashioned waltzers that were once in style, If they were around today, we’d say with a smile: CHORUS 2: Long underwear, long underwear, Take off those old-fashioned clothes and toss them in the air. Learn to do the Charleston, then boy-bob your hair. Be in style and wear a smile, but not long underwear.
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