Petticoats For Women.

Seq - Dr. J.Pitt-Payne. Kar - Bunty Pritchard Jones. June 2001.

[Phoebe] Mother told me, so did Aunty,
so did people ev'rywhere,

proper folks were never scanty
in the way of underwear!

Heathen dress was slight and shady,
but they wished to have me note,

any perfect British lady
always wore a petticoat!

Petticoats for women,
once were full of grace;

some of them had flounces,
some of them had lace;

then the fashions altered,
don't know why or how,
so we don't wear our petticoats now!

[Phoebe] Girls were not like modern hussies,
tied inside a sort of sheath;

they could climb on top of 'buses,
looking lovely from beneath!

Why, it made you simply dizzy,
when a girl would raise her gown,

that was just like something fizzy,
frothing over upside down!

Petticoats for women,
used to look so sweet,

when they held their skirts up,
while they crossed the street!

Now through all the puddles,
we have got to plough,
for we don't wear our petticoats now!

Nowadays we've changed, I know it;
something tight is modern taste;

if you have a line, you show it,
when it isn't near your waist!

Anyone who's looking at you,
with a glance can tell your form;

you are like a marble statue,
feeling just about as warm!

Petticoats for women,
no one ever sees,

now we wear our waist - bands
down below our knees!

When the winter freezes
we shall all allow
that we do want our petticoats now!

Here I feel so lost and chilly,
Now the petticoats are gone;

give me something nice and frilly,
let me know I've something on!

When I'm back across the Channel,
in my English native place,

I shall buy a winter flannel,
then a couple trimmed with lace!

Petticoats for women,
such as Mother wore,

I shall have my old friends,
round me soon once more!

Flannelette or Nainsook,
anyhow I vow,
that I will wear my petticoats now!

[She dances!]

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Quaker11 Petticoats For Women 1910 seq Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK 24 May 2001

Quaker11 Petticoats For Women 1910 seq Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK 24 May 2001
Quaker11 Petticoats For Women 1910
Music by Lionel Monckton
Lyrics by Adrian Ross
Copyright 1910 by Chappell and Co Ltd.
sequenced by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK 24 May 2001
in association with Doug Grierson
Karaoke by Bunty Pritchard Jones