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THE CRINOLINE, by                    
First Line: Good people give attention and listen to my rhyme
Last Line: With the hoops off her mother's washing tub she made a crinoline
Subject(s): Crimes & Criminals;singing & Singers;women


Good people give attention and listen to my rhyme,
I'll sing about the fashions that's in vogue this present time,
The ladies once wore bustles, now they think they can't be fine
Without a hat and feather and a fancy crinoline.
Just twig the pretty ladies now, don't they cut a shine,
With a dandy hat and feather and fancy crinoline.

As I was walking through the street, not many days ago,
I met a gal who said she was looking for a beau,
She invited me to go with her, I said I did not mind,
For she looked just like an angel, dressed in her crinoline.

She took me to a splendid house, with cushions on the chairs,
She treated me with brandy, then she took me up the stairs,
She undress'd me very kindly, and said she would be mine,
But I cursed the night that ever I admired her crinoline.

I had a splendid watch and chain, I'd gold and silver too,
But in the morning when I awoke I scarce knew what to do,
For in the middle of the night, after treating her so kind,
She stole my money, watch, and clothes, and left me her crinoline.

There's a pretty bobbin winder, her name is Mary Cane,
She's courting a snob, so help my bob, that lives in Cobbler's Lane.
Last Sunday afternoon she thought to cut a shine,
With the hoops off her mother's washing tub she made a crinoline.





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