She Gypped Egypt 1922

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 21 Oct 2011
2011

In a big Tobacco Factoryee
Sophie's work was not satisfactoryee
For instead of rolling Trophies
All the time was spent of Sophie's
At the Dance Egyptian you will seeee.
Each Oriental twist
She could simply not resist,
So one fine day she sailed away
and I'm here to whisper this:

She "gypped" ev'rybody down in Egypt
when she landed there
she had those natives beat a mile for style.
When she did the simplest movement,
it showed improvement
of those on the Nile, while
they paid heavy dough
whenever she played
Ev'ry time she wiggled
all the Bohunks wore a smile
Poor Sophie's hand for the coin was itchin'
she took them all like Grant took Richmond
She "gypped" Egypt on the Nile.

She "gypped" ev'rybody down in Egypt
by the pyramid she claimed
relation to the Sphinx, that minx.
Her stage floor was lined with princes,
she won those quinces
with her naughty winksginks!
Their gifts piled up higher
than the sand drifts,
Sophie wore a string of Di'monds
and a roguish smile,
They never knew that she learned
that flirty dance
from an east side hurdy gurdy,
She "gypped" Egypt on the Nile.

From the land of Pyramids she's sailing,
And a lot of postal cards she's mailing,
Her name's now Queen Borealis,
She'll play three weeks at the Palace
with her maids and fourteen yards of veiling.
Press agents will declare:
"She is right from Over There,"
But all the hicks from Fac'try Six
who worked with her declare:

She "gypped" ev'rybody down in Egypt
when she landed there
she had those natives beat a mile for style.
When she did the simplest movement,
it showed improvement
of those on the Nile, while
they paid heavy dough
whenever she played
Ev'ry time she wiggled
all the Bohunks wore a smile
Poor Sophie's hand for the coin was itchin'
she took them all like Grant took Richmond
She "gypped" Egypt on the Nile.

She "gypped" ev'rybody down in Egypt
by the pyramid she claimed
relation to the Sphinx, that minx.
Her stage floor was lined with princes,
she won those quinces
with her naughty winksginks!
Their gifts piled up higher
than the sand drifts,
Sophie wore a string of Di'monds
and a roguish smile,
They never knew that she learned
that flirty dance
from an east side hurdy gurdy,
She "gypped" Egypt on the Nile.

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She Gypped Egypt 1922
(on The Nile)
by Sam Marley & Billy Heagney
© MCMXXII by M.Witmark & Sons
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 21 October 2011 at 22.36
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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