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Thread #4405 Message #3924182
Posted By: Lighter
13-May-18 - 05:03 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Chicago/I Used to Work in Chicago (bawdy)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Chicago / I Used to Work in Chicago
Earliest:
I used to work in Chicago --
I used to but no more.
I used to work in Chicago,
In a hosiery store.
A lady asked for some garters,
I asked the kind she wore:
"Rubber," she said. Rubber I did.
I did – but not any more.
From "National Lithographer," Vol. 30 (1923).
Also in "The Squib" (Massachusetts Agricultural College [now U. of Massachusetts, Amherst]), likewise 1923.