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(Intro dialog)
Chico: Folks, I wanna you should meet my pal,
my *best* friend. (What's your name again?)
Groucho: Loophole.
Chico: Glad to know ya.
Groucho: It's your pleasure.
Ah this meeting brings back memories--
childhood days! lemonade!! romance!
My life was wrapped around the circus--
her name was Lydia. I met her at the World's
Fair in 1900, marked down from 1940. Ah Lydia.
(ad lib sung/spoken)
She was the most glorious creature under the sun.
Weiss(?)!, DuBarry(?)! Garbo! Rolled into one.
Ahhhhh...
DO
Lydia, oh Lydia, say, have you met Lydia?
SOL
Lydia the tattooed lady
FA DO FA DO
She has eyes that folks adore so
FA REm FA REm
And a torso even more so
DO
Lydia, oh Lydia, that encyclo-pidia
FA
Oh Lydia, the queen of tattoo
REm
On her back is the Battle of Waterloo
FA
Beside it the Wreck of the Hesperus, too
DO FA
And proudly above waves the red, white and blue
DO SOL DO
You can learn a lot from Lydia
DO
(la la la, la la la)
DO
(la la la, la la la)
MIb
When her robe is unfurled, she will show you the world
SIb
If you step up and tell her where
For a dime you can see Kankakee or Paree
MIb
Or Washington crossing the Delaware
MIb
(la la la, la la la)
DO
(la la la, la la la)
DO
Ah Lydia, oh Lydia, say, have you met Lydia?
SOL
Oh Lydia the tattooed lady
FA DO FA DO
When her muscles start relaxin'
FA REm FA REm
Up the hill comes Andrew Jackson
DO
Lydia, oh Lydia, that encyclo-pidia
FA
Oh Lydia, the queen of them all
REm
For two bits she will do a mazurka in jazz
FA
With a view of Niagara that nobody has
DO FA
And on a clear day, you can see Alcatraz
DO SOL DO
You can learn a lot from Lydia
DO
(la la la, la la la)
MIb
(la la la, la la la)
MIb
Come along and see Buffalo Bill with his lasso
SIb
Just a little classic by Mendel Picasso
Here is Captain Spaulding exploring the Amazon
MIb
Here's Godiva but with her pajamas on
MIb
(la la la, la la la)
MIb
(la la la, la la la)
MIb
Here is Grover Whelan unveilin' the Tri-lon
SIb
Over on the west coast we have Treasure Isle-on
Here's Nijinski a-doin' the rumba
MIb
Here's her social security numbah
MIb
(Whistling instead of singing la la la...)
DO
(Whistling instead of singing la la la...)
DO
Ah Lydia, oh Lydia, that encyclo-pidia
FA
Oh Lydia, the champ of them all
REm
She once swept an admiral clear off his feet
FA
The ships on her hips made his heart skip a beat
DO FA
And now the old boy's in command of the fleet
DO SOL DO
For he went and married Lydia
DO
I said Lydia
He said Lydia
They said Lydia
We said Lydia
La-la!
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