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Posted By: Joe_F
05-Apr-04 - 04:55 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: While the Rich Man Rides By in His ...
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: fwd: help identify music hall song
See them at the gay theAter Sitting in the costly stalls; With one hand she holds the programme, With the other strokes his hand.
See him have her dance in Paris In her frilly underclothes; All those Frenchies there applauding When she strikes a striking pose.
See him in his splendid mansion Entertaining with the best, While the girl as he has ruined Entertains a sordid guest.
See him riding in his carriage Past the gutter where she stands; He has made a stylish marriage While she wrings her ringless hands.
-- from _The New Oxford Book of English Light Verse_ (Kingsley Amis, Ed.)