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Thread #57013 Message #3854366
Posted By: Jim Dixon
10-May-17 - 11:56 PM
Thread Name: Origins: My Gal's a Corker/...Girl's a New Yorker
Subject: Lyr Add: MY GIRL'S A CORKER (Jerome/Queen, 1895)
1. Oh, talk about your sweethearts fair, And girls of high degree; Your Bow'ry Pearls, and English girls From far across the sea; But I can't see where they come in, They never were in line, For up to date ideas, with This racetrack girl of mine.
CHORUS: My girl's a "corker!" She's a New Yorker; She plays the races, She gets the "dough!" She loves me dearly, And so sincerely! Tell me how you found that out? She told me so!
2. At Sheepshead Bay, in summer time, She's simply "out of sight!" She bets her "stuff" like Pittsburgh Phil And always gets them right. The "touts" they all take off their hats And stand right in a line, And look for information from This racetrack girl of mine.
3. And when the racing season's o'er, She goes across the "pond;" I've heard some tales that dear old Wales,* Of her, is very fond. In Paris, on the Boulevard, She never fails to shine; For ev'ry day is Sunday with This racetrack girl of mine.
[* In 1895, the Prince of Wales would have been Albert Edward, son of Queen Victoria, later to become Edward VII.]