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HENRY'S MADE A LADY OUT OF LIZZIE
Words and music by Walter O'Keefe, ©1928.
As sung by The Three New Yorkers on Metropole 1050.

Have you seen her? Ain't she great?
She's something you'll appreciate.
We're sure you understand just what we mean.
Used to call her Lizzie; they've got to stop it now.
We're talking 'bout that new Ford car; boy, it's sure a wow!

When she's comin' down the street
All the boys say, "Ain't she sweet!"
    Henry's made a lady out of Lizzie.
Has she plenty? Has she much,
Got the skin you love to touch?
    Henry's made a lady out of Lizzie.
They used to park her in a lot; for that they charged two bits.
But now they charge you nothing and you park her at the Ritz.
She once had rattles in her wheel,
But now she's full of sex appeal.
    Henry's made a lady out of Lizzie.

C.O.D. and F.O.B.,
All you need is dough-re-mi.
    Henry's made a lady out of Lizzie.
She's like all the other vamps:
Pretty shape and lovely lamps.
    Henry's made a lady out of Lizzie.
The Rolls Royce and Minerva, as classy as they are,
Were shocked and when they saw her, shouted, "Chrysler! What a car!"
They used to keep her with a cow,
But gee, you ought to see her now.
    Henry's made a lady out of Lizzie.

Now she's even learned to stop
For ev'ry single traffic cop.
    Henry's made a lady out of Lizzie.
Not a rattle, not a bit;
Lizzie now has lots of "it."
    Henry's made a lady out of Lizzie.
There's ev'rything inside her now except the kitchen sink:
A mirror and a powder puff, a shower bath, I think.
I'll bet my socks that this Miss Ford
We'll live as long as Fanny Ward.
    Henry's made a lady out of Lizzie.