(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...
Lydia, oh Lydia, say, have you met Lydia?
GLydia the tattooed lady
F C F CShe has eyes that folks adore so
And a torso even more so
CLydia, oh Lydia, that encyclo-pidia
FOh Lydia, the queen of tattoo
On her back is the Battle of Waterloo
FBeside it the Wreck of the Hesperus, too
C FAnd proudly above waves the red, white and blue
You can learn a lot from Lydia
(la la la, la la la)
C(la la la, la la la)
Eb
When her robe is unfurled, she will show you the world
BbIf you step up and tell her where
For a dime you can see Kankakee or Paree
EbOr Washington crossing the Delaware
Eb
(la la la, la la la)
C(la la la, la la la)
C
Ah Lydia, oh Lydia, say, have you met Lydia?
Oh Lydia the tattooed lady
F C F CWhen her muscles start relaxin'
F Dm F DmUp the hill comes Andrew Jackson
Lydia, oh Lydia, that encyclo-pidia
FOh Lydia, the queen of them all
DmFor two bits she will do a mazurka in jazz
With a view of Niagara that nobody has
C FAnd on a clear day, you can see Alcatraz
C G CYou can learn a lot from Lydia
C
(la la la, la la la)
(la la la, la la la)
Come along and see Buffalo Bill with his lasso
BbJust a little classic by Mendel Picasso
Here is Captain Spaulding exploring the Amazon
Here's Godiva but with her pajamas on
(la la la, la la la)
Eb(la la la, la la la)
Eb
Here is Grover Whelan unveilin' the Tri-lon
BbOver on the west coast we have Treasure Isle-on
Here's Nijinski a-doin' the rumba
EbHere's her social security numbah
Eb
(Whistling instead of singing la la la...)
C(Whistling instead of singing la la la...)
C
Ah Lydia, oh Lydia, that encyclo-pidia
Oh Lydia, the champ of them all
DmShe once swept an admiral clear off his feet
FThe ships on her hips made his heart skip a beat
And now the old boy's in command of the fleet
C G CFor he went and married Lydia
C
I said Lydia
He said Lydia
They said Lydia
We said Lydia
La-la!
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