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Thread #13080   Message #105846
Posted By: Tiger
17-Aug-99 - 12:04 PM
Thread Name: Lydia the Tatooed Lady-info
Subject: Lyr Add: LYDIA, THE TATTOOED LADY (from G Marx)
Lot's of version of this around. This one was transcribed from the movie.....

LYDIA, THE TATTOOED LADY
From "At the Circus" - Groucho Marx

(SPOKEN)
Ah, this meeting brings back memories.
Childhood days, lemonade, romance!
My life was wrapped around the circus.
Her name was Lydia.
I met her at the World's Fair in 1900, marked down from 1940.
Ah, Lydia.

(SUNG)
She was the most glorious creature under the su-un.
Guiess, DuBarry, Garbo, rolled into one.

Oooooooh,
Lydia, oh Lydia, say have you met Lydia,
Lydia, the Tattooed Lady?
She has eyes that folks adore so,
And a torso even more so.

Lydia, oh Lydia, that encyclopedia,
Oh, Lydia, the Queen of Tattoo.
On her back is the Battle of Waterloo.
Beside it the wreck of the Hesperus, too,
And proudly above waves the Red, White, and Blue,
You can learn a lot from Lydia.

La la la, la la la, la la la, la la la

When her robe is unfurled, she will show you the world,
If you step up and tell her where.
For a dime you can see Kankakee or Paree,
Or Washington crossing the Delaware.

La la la, la la la, la la la, la la la

Oh, Lydia, oh, Lydia, say have you met Lydia,
Oh, Lydia, the Tattooed Lady
When her muscles start relaxing,
Up the hill comes Andrew Jackson.

Lydia, oh, Lydia, that encyclopedia,
Oh, Lydia, the queen of them all!
For two bits she will do a mazurka in jazz,
With a view of Niagara that nobody has.
And on a clear day you can see Alcatraz.
You can learn a lot from Lydia.

La la la, la la la, la la la, la la la

Come along and see Buff'lo Bill with his lasso.
Just a little classic by Mendel Picasso.
Here is Captain Spaulding exploring the Amazon.
Here's Godiva but with her pajamas on.

La la la, la la la, la la la, la la la

Here is Grover Whalen unveilin' the Trylon.
Over on the West Coast we have Treaure Island.
Here's Najinsky a-doin' the rhumba.
Here's her social security numba.

(whistles)

Oh, Lydia, oh, Lydia, that encyclopedia,
Oh, Lydia, the champ of them all.
She once swept an Admiral clear off his feet.
The ships on her hips made his heart skip a beat.
And now the old boy's in command of the fleet,
For he went and married Lydia.

I said Lydia. (He said Lydia.)
I said Lydia. (We said Lydia.)

La La!