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Posted By: and e
13-Jul-23 - 07:28 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Chicago/I Used to Work in Chicago (bawdy)
Subject: RE: Origins: Chicago/I Used to Work in Chicago (bawdy)
I USED TO WORK IN CHICAGO
(Tune -
Oh, I used to work in Chicago
In a Department Store
I used to work in Chicago -
I did but I don't anymore.
A lady came in and asked for a hat*
I asked he what kind she'd adore
**Felt she said, so felter I did
I did but I don't anymore.
*Asked **Kind
Socks Hose
Cake Layer
Dog Cocker
Coat Jumper
'Plane Fokker
Shoes Pumps
Blouse Jacket
Gloves Rubber
Tool Crank
Beef Corned
Nails Spikes
Meat Ram
From the Songs of the Century. Mimeographed songbook of the 100th Bomb Group [The Bloody Hundred], dated March, 1945.
See online here: https://archive.org/details/1945songsofthecentury/page/10/mode/1up