"I met a little flaxy haired girl one day,
good morning little flaxy haired girl I did say,
good morning little beggarman and how do you do,
with your rags and your bags and your old rig-a-doo
I'll buy a pair of leggings and a collar and a tie,
and a nice young lady I will fetch bye and bye,
I'll buy a pair of goggles and I'll colour them blue,
and an old-fashioned lady I will make her too!"

I always reckoned it was glasses with a blue-ish tint in the lenses, like little old ladies used to wear.

Slainte

alison