Marie Lloyd
When I take my Morning Promenade

Song : 
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Intro :
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Intro :
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Since Mother Eve in the Garden long ago, 
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Started the fashion, fashion's been a fashion.
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She wore a strip that has mystified the priests, 
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Still every season brought a change of green. 
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She'd stare if she came to town,
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What would Mother Eve think of my new Parisian gown.

Chorus :
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  As I take my morning promenade 
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Quite a fashion card, on the promenade.
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  Now I don' t mind nice boys staring hard 
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If satisfies their desire. 
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 Do you think my dress is a little bit, 
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Just a little bit not too much of it? 
      C            F7           Bb
If it shows my shape just a little bit, 
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That's the little bit the boys admire.

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Fancy the girls in the prehistoric days,
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Had to wear a bearskin to cover up their fair skin.
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Lately Salome has danced to be sure,
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Wearing just a row of beads and not much more.
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Fancy me dressing like that, too!
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I'm sure "The Daily Mirror" man would want an interview.

Chorus 
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I've heard that grandmother wore a crinoline; 
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Then came the bustle-Oh! wasn't that a tussle. 
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Women were tied up and loaded up with dress, 
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But fashion now decrees that she must wear much less.
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Each year her costume grows more brief, 
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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.