Marie Lloyd Transposer
When I take my Morning Promenade
Arthur J. Mills Bennett Scott
Song : Bb
Intro :
Bb F7 Bb F7
Bb F7
Since Mother Eve in the Garden long ago,
Bb
Started the fashion, fashion's been a fashion.
Bb F7
She wore a strip that has mystified the priests,
C F C7 F
Still every season brought a change of green.
F7 Bb
She'd stare if she came to town,
C C7 F
What would Mother Eve think of my new Parisian gown.
Chorus :
F7 Bb
As I take my morning promenade
F7 Bb
Quite a fashion card, on the promenade.
F7 Bb
Now I don' t mind nice boys staring hard
A7 D
If satisfies their desire.
F7 Bb
Do you think my dress is a little bit,
F7 Bb
Just a little bit not too much of it?
C F7 Bb
If it shows my shape just a little bit,
C F7 Bb
That's the little bit the boys admire.
Bb F7
Fancy the girls in the prehistoric days,
Bb
Had to wear a bearskin to cover up their fair skin.
Bb F7
Lately Salome has danced to be sure,
C F C7 F
Wearing just a row of beads and not much more.
F7 Bb
Fancy me dressing like that, too!
C C7 F
I'm sure "The Daily Mirror" man would want an interview.
Chorus
Bb F7
I've heard that grandmother wore a crinoline;
Bb
Then came the bustle-Oh! wasn't that a tussle.
Bb F7
Women were tied up and loaded up with dress,
C F C7 F
But fashion now decrees that she must wear much less.
F7 Bb
Each year her costume grows more brief,
C C7 F
I wonder when we'll get back to the good old-fashioned leaf.
Chorus :
F7 Bb
As I take my morning promenade
F7 Bb
Quite a fashion card, on the promenade.
F7 Bb
Now I don' t mind nice boys staring hard
A7 D
If satisfies their desire.
F7 Bb
Do you think my dress is a little bit,
F7 Bb
Just a little bit not too much of it?
C F7 Bb
If it shows my shape just a little bit,
C F7 Bb
That's the little bit the boys admire.
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