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Thread #78617 Message #3723935
Posted By: Jim Dixon
16-Jul-15 - 01:17 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Forty Years a Chambermaid
Subject: Lyr Add: TWENTY YEARS A CHAMBERMAID
Spotify finds this on 2 albums: "The Classic Comedy Collection 3, Vol. 2" and "Vintage British Comedy, Vol. 8":
TWENTY YEARS A CHAMBERMAID As recorded by Walsh & Barker
Listen, merry gentlemen: when you pay your weekly rent, Just lend an ear to the chambermaid; you should hear her sad lament: No one gives a thought to her when cash is freely spent. She gets all of your abuse, but from you not one cent.
Twenty years a chambermaid, and never a tip she got. Twenty years of washing up, and never once cracked a pot. All those long and weary years with never a house or kids— How's that for a record, boys, what with emptying that and this?
Twenty years a chambermaid, no eau de cologne she knows. She looks like an onion but she swears that her name is Rose. She's scrubbing up and scrubbing down; why, never a spot she'll miss. A chambermaid's duties are never done what with emptying that and this.
Of her work she once grew tired and tied for(?) hours of bliss, Longed to feel a man's embrace and taste a lover's kiss. Of this desire she told one day to one of the pantry boys. He just took one look at her and gave a very rude noise.
Twenty years a chambermaid, her figure is a sin. The places that were once curved out have now, alas, caved in. She's running here and running there; why, never a bell she'll miss. A hell of a life is the chambermaid's, what with emptying that and this.