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Thread #4405   Message #4176785
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