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Thread #4405   Message #4176702
Posted By: and e
13-Jul-23 - 06:03 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Chicago/I Used to Work in Chicago (bawdy)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Chicago / I Used to Work in Chicago
I used to work in a department store,
I used to--but I don't any more;
I worked at the hosiery counter,
I used to--but I don't any more.
A lady once wanted some garters,
And I asked her what kind she wore.
"Rubber," she said, and rubber I did,
I used to--but not any more


July 1922: Dry Goods Merchants Trade Journal, pg 121.

See here: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Dry_Goods_Merchants_Trade_Journal/mKwYlyvKihMC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22worked+at+the+Hosiery+counter%22&pg=RA7-PA121&printsec=frontcover