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Posted By: and e
29-Jan-25 - 11:48 AM
Thread Name: Origins: The Lady Red, Tune: The Streets of Cairo
Subject: Origins: The Lady Red, Tune: The Streets of Cairo
The Lady In Red Tune - The Streets of Cairo
The lady in red Makes her living on a bed For fifteen cents she'll do it once For twenty-five cents she'll do it twice Here I stand with a nickel in my hand Buddy can you spare a dime?
I heard the "Lady in Red" from the singing of Dr. Shelly Posen -- who is currently a fine, fine singer with the group Finest Kind and this was at a what turned out to be a bawdy song night at my kaylee house in Edinburgh, Scotland about 1968. That was the same night Arthur Argo sang "Torn-a-Magoon". We herd from Martin McCarthy, and Roy Williamson, and Hamish Henderson. A very good night for singing.
December 19, 2004. Transcribed from the singing of Abby Sale.