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Eadie Was A Lady (From "Take A Chance")
Ethel Merman
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Maud and Mabel, seated at a table
Talkin' over bygone days
Mabel, sporty, fatten over forty
Said, "Remember Edie Hayes?"
Now Edie was a sucker for a bottle and a glass
But in spite of everything the gal had class
Then one summer she met a corset drummer
Struck with her refined-like ways
Oh, Edie was a lady (Edie was a lady)
Though her past was shady (Though her past was shady)
Edie had class with a capital "K"
(She was a lady, Edie was a lady)
Though her life was merry (Though her life was merry)
She had savior-faire-y (Lots of savior-faire-y)
Oh, Edie did things in a ladylike way
(She was a lady, Edie was a lady)
She would have a golden toothpick handy
And after meals she'd flash it about
Why, I remember how she used to drink her brandy
With her fingers stickin' well out
Oh, Edie was a lady (Edie was a lady)
Ask P.I. O'Grady (Not thee eye, O'Grady)
Edie had class with a capital "K"
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Now Edie was the belle of the levee
They say she was some tasty dish
She handed out politeness just as heavy
As an Astor or a Stuyvesant fish
But without that mask of elegant refinements
Edie would never have made the grade
Why, when she got crossed in one of her assignments
Say, she'd just call a spade a low-down dirty spade
Why, Edie could get plastered and call a guy a scoundrel
Still be very dignified and staidy
She could take her talk and cram it with a "hell" or a "damn it"
And damn it, she was still a perfect lady
There really is no moral to my story
Poor Edie has long since gone to her glory
She still lays in her grave, so cold and hoary there
(Edie was a lady) Edie was a lady
(Though her past was shady) Though her past was shady
Edie had class (With a capital "K")
Edie was a lady, Edie was a lady, Edie was a lady
(Though her life was merry) Though her life was merry
(She had savior-faire-y) Lots of savior-faire-y
Edie did things (In a ladylike way)
Edie was a lady, Edie was a lady, Edie was a lady
In her cups she'd get the local eggs crossed
And pick the ones that seldom paid
But you'd never catch her with her legs crossed
In the wagon after a raid
Oh, Edie was a lady (Edie was a lady)
Ask P.I. O'Grady (Not thee eye, O'Grady)
Edie had class, she was classy
Edie was a lady, though her past was shady
Ask P.I. O'Grady
Edie was a lady
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