The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #45658   Message #4220603
Posted By: Jack Horntip
09-Apr-25 - 08:11 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Don't Cry, Lady, I'll Buy Your...Violets
Subject: RE: Origins: Don't Cry, Lady, I'll Buy Your...Violets
DON'T CRY LADY

Don't cry lady, I'll buy your goddam flowers
Don't cry lady, I'll buy your pencils too.
Don't cry lady, take off your dark brown glasses,
Hello mother, I knew it was you!

c1956. Party Songs of Alpha Sig. p. 22. Rutger's University.

See here: https://archive.org/details/1957ca-party-songs-of-alpha-sig/page/22/mode/2up?q=cry+lady