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Thread #68922   Message #1326184
Posted By: Genie
13-Nov-04 - 11:28 PM
Thread Name: ballads/tunes about ladies of the night
Subject: RE: ballads/tunes about ladies of the night
Here's a song I was taught in (a Southern Baptist) college:

Sadie, Sadie, she was a cutie,
Lived in a house of ill reputie,
And all the men would come to see
Sadie, Sadie, Sadie on her bed of ease.

Now Sadie, Sadie, her form grew thinner
Due to the lack of vitamins in 'er.
She started taking Fleischmann's yeast,
But all in all her form decreased.

Now Sadie died and she went to Heaven,
Charged St. Peter a buck-ninety-seven.
St. Peter didn't like what she had to sell,
So Sadie, Sadie, Sadie went straight down to Hell.

Now, Sadie, Sadie, she's six feet under,
Went to Hell like a bolt of thunder!
The Devil liked what she had to sell,
So Sadie, Sadie, Sadie's makin' money in Hell!

The tune/rhythm is sort of generic blues/honky-tonk. I have no idea of the source of the song.

Anyone else familiar with it?

Genie