Patricia the stripper    (video)    (midi)

 

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1. (spoken : ) Dennis is a menace with his        'anyone for tennis?'

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    and beseeching me to come and keep the score.

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    And Maud says, 'Oh Lord, I'm so          terribly bored.

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    I really can't stand it anymore.'

 

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2. I'm going out to dinner with a gorgeous singer

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    to a little place I found down by the quay,

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    her name is Patricia, she calls herself Delicia,

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    and the reason isn't very hard to see.

 

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3. She says 'God made her a sinner just to keep fat man thinner,

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    as they tumble down in heaps before her feet.

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    They hang around in groups like battle weary troops,

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    one can often see them queue right down the street.

 

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    You see, Patricia (or Delicia) not only is a singer,

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    she also removes all her clothing         - - -

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    for Patricia is the best stripper in to…….wn.

 

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And with a swing of her hips she started to strip,

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to tremendous applause she took of her drawers,

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and with a lick of her lips she undid all her clips,

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and threw it all in the air, everybody stared !

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And as the last piece of clothing fell on the floor,

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the police were banging on the door,

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on a Saturday night in nineteen-twenty- f…..our.

 

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+  Take it away boys !

 

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4. But - - - poor Patricia was arrested         and everyone detested

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    the manner in which she was exposed.

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    Later on in court, well,          everybody thought

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    a summer run in jail would be proposed.

 

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    But the judge said, “Patricia,         or may I say Delicia,

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    the facts of this case lie         before me.  - - -  Case dismissed !

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    This girl was in her working clo………….thes !!”

 

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And with a swing of her hips she started to strip,

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to tremendous applause she took of her drawers,

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and with a lick of her lips she undid all her clips,

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and threw it all in the air, and everybody stared !

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And as the last piece of clothing fell on the floor,

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the police were yelling out the door,

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on a Saturday night in nineteen-twenty- f…..our.

 

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+  On a Saturday night in nineteen-twenty-four.      Oh yeah !

 

(orig. = capo 5th; midi = no capo)    (Chris de Burgh)