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Thread #46784   Message #1956687
Posted By: Jim Dixon
03-Feb-07 - 01:34 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Sagebrush Sadie
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sagebrush Sadie
Dorothy Shay's performance of SAGEBRUSH SADIE appears on the album "Here's Dorothy Shay," Sepia Recordings CD #1078, 2006. Here's what I was able to piece together from a couple of sound samples:

... on the Hit Parade
In a manner that we never did expect.

Unlike any of her kin,
She grew whiskers on her chin
And her sideburns caused the neighbors to remark.
[unintelligible – doesn't sound like English]
Soon her beard became full-grown
And they've got her on display in Central Park.

They call her Sagebrush Sadie
The famous bearded lady.
Her whiskers brought her riches and renown.
They're the pride of the museum
And it costs two bits to see 'em
And the family's getting rich on Sadie Brown.

All the neighbors thereabout
Tried their best to figure out
Why she grew a set of whiskers but they can't.
Both her sisters look like Ma,
And the boys resemble Pa,
But Sadie seems to favor General Grant.

She started running round
With a barber....