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Origins: It's a Lady in Red

13 May 99 - 03:15 PM (#78161)
Subject: Looking fore the text of: it's a lady in red
From: Bastiaan de Groot (iets007@yahoo.com

I am looking fore the text of a song that goes like this: It's a lady in green she's a walking sex machine

it's a lady in red .......

it's a lady in brown ..... if someone could mail it to me i would be tankfull

07 Apr 08 - 05:35 AM (#2308859)
Subject: RE: Looking fore the text of: it's a lady in red
From: GUEST

i know that the lady in red makes her livin in a bed
and pink likes it in the sink
brown likes it upiside down

07 Apr 08 - 08:50 AM (#2308989)
Subject: ADD: The Lady Mechanic
From: Charley Noble

There's a whole set of verses to this ditty, which I ran into as a college student in the early 1960's. We called the song "The Lady Mechanic" and it was not an appeal for affirmative action in any progressive sense. This is the way our verses ran:

Anon.
Collected at Bowdoin College in the early 1960's

THE LADY MECHANIC

I know a lady dressed in black,
She makes her living on her back –
She's a lady me-chanic,
She's a lady me-chanic,
She's a lady mechanic and I love her any-how.

I know a lady dressed in red,
She makes her living going from bed to bed –
She's a registered nurse…

I know a lady dressed in green,
She makes her living pounding meat lean –
She's a lady butcher…

I know a lady dressed in brown,
She makes her living going up and down –
She's an elevator operator…

I know a lady lives on a hill,
Every night she gets her fill –
She's a blueberry picker…

Some additional verses were posted here by Steve from Mudcat (Schantieman):

I know a lady dressed in red
Makes her living lying on a bed
She's a mattress tester.
She's a mattress tester and I love that girl of mine.

I know a lady dressed in white
Makes her living working at night
She's a night nurse.
She's a night nurse and I love that girl of mine.

I know a lady wears no gown
Makes her living riding up and down
She's an elevator operator.
She's an elevator operator and I love that girl of mine.

I know a lady goes so far -
Makes her living lying in a car
She's an auto mechanic
She's an auto mechanic and I love that girl of mine.

I know a lady dressed in black
Makes her living lying on her back
She's a whore!

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

G
I know a lady dressed in black,
-------------------------G7
She makes her living on her back –
-------------------C
She's a lady me-chanic,
-------------------G
She's a lady me-chanic,
---------D----------------------D7------------G
She's a lady mechanic and I love her any-how.

08 Apr 08 - 08:09 AM (#2309958)
Subject: RE: Looking fore the text of: it's a lady in red
From: Mr Red

I'll take the red one

11 Feb 11 - 12:06 PM (#3093270)
Subject: RE: Looking fore the text of: it's a lady in red
From: GUEST

makes a living in the bed and pink is old lady in pink made my little fingers stink

03 Sep 11 - 08:03 AM (#3217526)
Subject: RE: Looking fore the text of: it's a lady in red
From: GUEST

theres a lady in red she makes her living on her bed
theres a lady in red she makes her living on her bed
singing whooo ooo ho ho singing sex is good for you

theres a lady in black makes her living on her back

theres a lady in glitter and she takes it up ther shitter

there a lady in purple shes got piss flaps like a turtle

there a lady in green and she will lick your member clean

theres a lady in lace and she will sit right on your face

theres a lady in blue and she will come all over you

05 Apr 12 - 11:30 AM (#3334050)
Subject: RE: Looking fore the text of: it's a lady in red
From: GUEST,Brohirrim

This is the version I know, a repeat-after-me drinking chant:

I knew a Lady in Red, (x2)
And I fucked her 'till she bled! (x2)
I knew a Lady in Red, (x2)
And I fucked her 'till she bled! (x2)

Chorus:
Singing Ooooooh-dee-oh (x2)
Singing Oh-dee-fuckin'-oh! (x2)
Woah-oh! (x2)
Woah-oh! (x2)
Singing Oh-dee-oh-dee-oh... (x2)

Beyond the first verse, there are never any fixed verses, with the song continuing on for however long people are able to come up with new rhymes. It's never the same thing twice, and everytime we sing it I still see guys come up with new verses I've never heard before.

Common Verses:

I knew a Lady in Pink,
and she takes it in the stink!
...

I knew a Lady in Green,
and I fucked her in the spleen!
...

I knew a Lady in Plaid,
and I fucked her with her dad!
...

etc, etc.

06 Jun 20 - 12:33 PM (#4057681)
Subject: RE: Looking fore the text of: it's a lady in red
From: and e

She’s a lady in red
She likes to do it in the bed
Sing naa-na-na-naa
sing naa-na-na-na-naa

She’s a lady in blue
She likes to do it with two
Sing…

She’s a lady in brown
She likes to do it up-side down
Sing…

She’s a lady in yellow
She likes to do it with your fellow
Sing…

She’s a lady pink
She makes your finger stink
Sing…

She’s a lady in black
She likes to take it from the back
Sing…

She’s a lady in a jacket
She likes to do it with a faggot
Sing…

She’s a lady in green
She’s a hell of a sex machine
Sing…

She’s a lady from Bahamas
She likes to do it with the bananas

06 Jun 20 - 12:34 PM (#4057682)
Subject: RE: Looking fore the text of: it's a lady in red
From: and e

Retrieved from here:

https://www.facebook.com/AirCadetSongs/posts/shes-a-lady-in-redshe-likes-to-do-it-in-the-bedsing-naa-na-na-naasing-naa-na-na-/265359553576475/

30 Jan 25 - 10:17 AM (#4216256)
Subject: RE: It's a lady in red, Lady in Green etc
From: and e

. . . . (She's my lady in red)
She makes a living on a bed (She makes a living on a bed
Crying Oh-a-way-oh. (Crying Oh-a-way-oh)
Crying Oh-a-way-oh. (Crying Oh-a-way-oh)
She's my lady in red. (She's my lady in red.)
She makes a living on a bed (She makes a living on a bed.)

She's my lady in glitter (She's my lady in glitter)
Likes to take it up the shitter (Likes to take it up the sitter)
She's my lady in glitter (She's my lady in glitter)
Likes to take it up the shitter (Likes to take it up the sitter)

Singing way-oh-way-oh. (Singing way-oh-way-oh.)
Way-oh way oh-way-oh-way-oh. (Way-oh way oh-way-oh-way-oh.)
Way-oh way-oh (Way-oh way-oh)
Way-oh way oh way oh way oh. (Way-oh way oh way oh way oh.)

'Twas a lady in pink
Makes your middle finger stink
'Twas a lady in pink
Makes your middle finger stink

She's my lady in check
She like's it down her neck
She's my lady in check
She like's it down her neck

She's my lady in black
She likes to suckle on my sack
She's my lady in black
She likes to suckle on my sack

She's my lady in blue
She likes to gargle on my goo.
She's my lady in blue
She likes to gargle on my goo.

She's was a lady in green
Sucked your cock until you scream
She's was a lady in green
Sucked your cock until you scream

She's was a lady in brown
Liked it when I went down
She's was a lady in brown
Liked it when I went down

There was a lady in Sanhurst [?]
Took the cock until she burst
There was a lady in Sanhurst [?]
Took the cock until she burst

Jul 28, 2011. Call and response song with different
people providing verses. Transcribed from the Youtube
video British pub sing-along "She's my lady in Red".

Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwSktTBczPw

Contrast with the following songs:

The Lady Red, Tune: The Streets of Cairo

Let Her Sleep Under the Bar / Lady in Red

A lady dressed in red, green, etc shows up in several
bawdy songs. These songs start with the Red/Bed rhyme.

30 Jan 25 - 04:00 PM (#4216281)
Subject: RE: Looking for the text of: it's a lady in red
From: and e

I met a rugger in zippers (I met a rugger in zippers)
And played with my nippers (And played with my nippers)
But played with my slippers (But played with my slippers)
I met a rugger in zippers (I met a rugger in zippers)

Uh, oh-oh-oh (Uh, oh-oh-oh)
Uh, oh-oh-oh (Uh, oh-oh-oh)
Uh, uh, uh, oh (Uh, uh, uh, oh)
Uh, oh-oh-oh (Uh, oh-oh-oh)

There was a rugger in lace
I took him back to my place
And then I sat on his face
There was a rugger in lace

I met a rugger in plaid
He really wasn't that bad
But he would sleep with his dad <==??
I met a rugger in plaid

I met a rugger in chartreuse
.....
.....
I met a rugger in chartreuse

I met a rugger in grey
He seemed like he was ok
But I'm still inching today
I met a rugger in grey

There was a rugger in khaki
From the back he would attack me
And my body would smacky
There was a rugger in khaki

Apr 21, 2008, Social after Rugby Call and response by American female rugby players.

Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJaA2rE3-Ao

05 Feb 25 - 05:10 AM (#4216705)
Subject: RE: Looking for the text of: it's a lady in red
From: and e

Lady In Lace (Submitted by TMucker@aol.com)

She's the lady in lace
She makes her living, on her face
She's the lady in lace
She makes her living, on her face
She's a magazine model
And she does it, all the time

She's the lady in black
She makes her living, on her back
She's the lady in black
She makes her living, on her back
She's a car mechanic
And she does it, all the time

She's the lady in red
She makes her living, on her bed
She's the lady in red
She makes her living, on her bed
She's a mattress tester
And she does it, all the time

She's the lady in green
She makes her living, being mean
She's the lady in green
She makes her living, being mean
She's an Army Captain
And she does, all the time

She's the lady in blue
And she'd die, for me and you
She's the lady in blue
And she'd die, for me and you
She's an Air Force Captain
And she do it, any time.

Untitled MS-Word document [ Cadence Calls.doc ] received October 7, 2005 from Mal Jones from Australia.

05 Feb 25 - 05:26 AM (#4216706)
Subject: RE: Looking for the text of: it's a lady in red
From: and e

Lady in Red

See the lady in red?
Makes a livin' in a bed.
See the lady in red.
Makes a livin' in a bed.
She's a mattress tester,
And she does it very well.

See the lady in white?
Makes a livin' in the night.
See the lady in white.
Makes a livin' in the night.
She's a registered nurse,
And she does it very well.

See the lady in black?
Makes a livin' on her back.
See the lady in black.
Makes a livin' on her back.
She's an auto mechanic,
And she does it very well.

See the lady in lace?
Makes a livin' in your face.
See the lady in lace.
Makes a livin' in your face.
She's an oral hygeinist,
And she does it very well.

See the lady in blue?
Makes a livin' over you.
See the lady in blue.
Makes a livin' over you.
She's an AF colonel,
And she does it very well.

Webpage of Vietnam era Jodies (Cadences). Last updated 12-11-2001.

www.usafatoday.org/folklore/folkjodies.shtml

Link above no longer valid. Internet archive preserves a copy here:

https://web.archive.org/web/20090915184433/www.usafatoday.org/folklore/folkjodies.shtml

05 Feb 25 - 05:42 AM (#4216707)
Subject: RE: Looking for the text of: it's a lady in red
From: and e

Lady in red - is repeated after every line

There's a lady in red
she makes her living on the bed
There's a lady in red
she makes her living on the bed

(chorus)
singing nar nar nar nar
wooo whooo
do do do do do do do do

Theres a lady in green
she a rampant sex machine
Theres a lady in green
she a rampant sex machine

(chorus)

black- see like to take it from the back
white- earns her living through the night
blue- she is making eyes at you
yellow - shes a funny looking fellow
grey- she likes to do it in the hay

there is some others but they get ruder and ruder

Posted to Mudcat by GUEST to the Cadence or Marching Songs thread June 27, 2007.

See here: https://mudcat.org/detail_pf.cfm?messages__Message_ID=2088299

26 Feb 25 - 10:09 PM (#4218064)
Subject: RE: Looking for the text of: it's a lady in red
From: and e

See the lady dressed in black, she makes a living on her back,
See the lady dressed in red, she makes her living in her bed,
See the lady dressed in brown, she makes a living going up and down,
See the lady dressed in green, she give out like a coke machine
See the lady dressed in grey, she likes to make in the hay,
She the lady dressed in white, she knows how to do it right,
Another lady dressed in green, she goes down like a submarine.

Cadence used by female US Marines. Tune not indicated.

Goodell, Jess. Shade It Black: Death and After in Iraq. Philadelphia, PA: Casemate Publishers,2011.

See here: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Shade_It_Black/CpXdFRzYp6UC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PT74&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22in%20green%22