Listen to this
praise of Lydia
the tattooed lady,
the most glorious
creature under the sun:
"She has eyes that folks adore so
and a torso even more so. . ."
in The Marx Brothers
At the Circus (1939)
On her back is the battle of Waterloo!
When a robe is unfurled
she will show you the world!
If you tell her where
she'll show you
Washington crossing the Delaware!
Here is Captain Spalding exploring the Amazon --
Here's Godiva but with her pajamas on --
You can learn a lot from Lydia!
music by Harold Arlen
words by Yip Harburg
Lemonade! Romance!
The World's Fair of 1900
marked down from 1940
a happy way
to start your day
