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My best friend, what's your name again? Loophole
Glad to know ya, sure, pleasure
Oh, this meeting brings back memories
Childhood days, lemonade, romance
My life was wrapped around a circus
Her name was Lydia
I met her at the World's Fair in 1900, marked out in 1940
Ah, Lydia, she was the most glorious creature under the sun
Thaïs, Du Barry, Garbo, rolled into one
Oh Lydia, oh, Lydia, say have you met Lydia?
Lydia, the tattooed lady
She has eyes that folks adore so
And a torso even more so
Lydia, oh, Lydia, that encyclopedia
Oh, Lydia, the queen of tattoo
On her back is the Battle of Waterloo
Beside it the Wreck of the Hesperus too
And proudly above the waves, the Red, White and Blue
You can learn a lot from Lydia
When her robe is unfurled she will show you the world
If you step up and tell her where
For a dime you can see Kankakee or Paris
Or Washington crossing the Delaware
Oh, Lydia, oh, Lydia, say have you met Lydia?
Oh, Lydia, the tattooed lady
When her muscles start relaxin'
Up the hill comes Andrew Jackson
Lydia, oh, Lydia, that encyclopedia
Oh Lydia, the champ of them all
For two bits she will do a Mazurka in jazz
With a view of Niagara that nobody has
And on a clear day you can see Alcatraz
You can learn a lot from Lydia
Come along and see Buffalo Bill with his lasso
Just a little classic by Mendel, Picasso
Here is Captain Spaulding exploring the Amazon
Here's Godiva, but with her pajamas on
Here is Grover Whalen unveilin' the Trylon
Over on the west coast we have Treasure Island
Here's Nijinsky a doin' the Rhumba
Here's her Social Security number
Oh, Lydia, oh, Lydia, that encyclopedia
Oh, Lydia, the champ of them all
She once swept an Admiral clear off his feet
The ships on her hips made his heart skip a beat
And now the old boy's in command of the fleet
For he went and married Lydia
I said Lydia
He said Lydia
I said Lydia
We said Lydia
WRITERS
EY Harburg, Harold Arlen
PUBLISHERS
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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