Becky From Babylon 1920

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 10 Nov 2008
2008

Down at an oriental show
I saw a dancer there,
Her name was Princess "Oyvayismeer"
and she was from the east somewhere.
When she removed all of her veils,
I recognised her face,
This Hindoo lady was a Yiddish baby
and she came from a certain place.

She was Becky from Babylon
Becky from Babylon
She learned oriental ways
as a waitress lifting trays,
She got her famous pose
from washing mother's clothes.
Becky, she fools with snakes
She's full of tricks and fakes,
Oh, She's no daughter of the Pyramids
Her right name is Becky Bifkowitz,
Ev'ryone thinks that she is a Sphinx
But she's Becky from Babylon, Long Island,

Becky from Babylon
Becky from Babylon
Cold show'r baths she tried to take
That's how she first learned to shake,
She dances on her fours
she learned it scrubbing floors.
Becky, no clothes she needs
She's all dressed up in beads.
Oh, what a figure
it would make you dizzy.
she's got lines but the lines are always busy
All the wise ginks,
think she is a Sphinx,
But she's Becky from Babylon.

I knew this oriental queen
when Becky was her name,
I knew her when she wore plenty clothes
and when dishwashing was her game.
Now she disguised from head to toes,
dressed up in veils of youth,
the other quinces take her for a princess
but if they only knew the truth!

She was Becky from Babylon
Becky from Babylon
She learned oriental ways
as a waitress lifting trays,
She got her famous pose
from washing mother's clothes.
Becky, she fools with snakes
She's full of tricks and fakes,
Oh, She's no daughter of the Pyramids
Her right name is Becky Bifkowitz,
Ev'ryone thinks that she is a Sphinx
But she's Becky from Babylon, Long Island,

Becky from Babylon
Becky from Babylon
Cold show'r baths she tried to take
That's how she first learned to shake,
She dances on her fours
she learned it scrubbing floors.
Becky, no clothes she needs
She's all dressed up in beads.
Oh, what a figure
it would make you dizzy.
she's got lines but the lines are always busy
All the wise ginks,
think she is a Sphinx,
But she's Becky from Babylon.

Soft karaoke
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Becky From Babylon 1920
Music by Abner Silver
Lyrics by Alex Gerbner
© MCMXX by M.Witmark & Sons.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 10 November 2008 at 15.23
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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