A Hundred Years Ago 1920

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 19 Sept 2012
2012

I'm glad I'm living today
and I'll tell you why;
I read a whole lot about
the girls of days gone by;
Somehow I'd never last
back in those days gone past:

They didn't make their shoulders sway
a hundred years ago;
They didn't turn night into day
a hundred years ago;
The girls were very shy
didn't wear their skirts so high
didn't powder and paint
lived like a saint
a hundred years ago.
They didn't do that shimmy dance
a hundred years ago;
They didn't want to dress in pants
a hundred years ago;
Never wore a low cut eveninggown
wouldn't let a feller
show 'em round the town,
but that was a hunded years ago.

They didn't ride in limousines
a hundred years ago;
they didn't show their crepedechenes
a hundred years ago;
The girls were very tame,
but I'll tell you just the same,
if they only lived now
I'll take a vow
they wouldn't be so slow;
they didn't wear a pair of socks
a hundred years ago;
they didn't flash a lot of rocks
a hundred years ago;
never knew the meaning of a John
bought and paid for everything
that they put on
but that was a hundred years ago.

I've got a lot to live for
there's a reason why;
'cause girls were never so wild
back in those days gone by;
to watch them on parade
puts Grandma in the shade:

They didn't smoke a cigarette
a hundred years ago;
they didn't know a thing I'll bet
a hundred years ago;
The girls stayed home each night,
never saw a real live sight,
if they saw things today
just let me say
they would of changed I know,
they didn't live in big swell flats
a hundred years ago;
they didn't have a thousand hats
a hundred years ago;
never had such things as Burlesque shows
'cause they couldn't get the girls
to show their hose
but that was a hundred years ago.

They didn't make their shoulders sway
a hundred years ago;
They didn't turn night into day
a hundred years ago;
The girls were very shy
didn't wear their skirts so high
didn't powder and paint
lived like a saint
a hundred years ago.
They didn't do that shimmy dance
a hundred years ago;
They didn't want to dress in pants
a hundred years ago;
Never wore a low cut eveninggown
wouldn't let a feller
show 'em round the town,
but that was a hunded years ago.

Soft karaoke
Words
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piano 2
piano 3
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lyric
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A Hundred Years Ago 1920
Music by Dave Ringle
Lyrics by Bob Scafer & Nell Bennett
© MCMXX by Triangle Music Pub.Co.  N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 19 September at 19.19
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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