Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 03:09:50 -0700
From: John Blair 
Subject: m/marx_groucho/lydia_the_tattooed_lady.crd

Lydia The Tattooed Lady
Music by Harold Arlen
Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg

As sung by J. Cheever Loophole (Groucho Marx) in "At the Circus"

Note: MP2 and WAV versions of this song can be found at:
http://mems.ee.cornell.edu/~mbw/lydia.html

Transcription and any errors by jwblair@ix.netcom.com

(Intro dialog)
Chico: Folks, I wanna you should meet my pal,
       my *best* friend. (What's your name again?)

Groucho: Loophole.

Chico: Glad to know ya.

Groucho: It's your pleasure.

Ah this meeting brings back memories--
childhood days! lemonade!! romance!

My life was wrapped around the circus--
her name was Lydia. I met her at the World's
Fair in 1900, marked down from 1940. Ah Lydia.


(ad lib sung/spoken)
She was the most glorious creature under the sun.
Weiss(?)!, DuBarry(?)! Garbo! Rolled into one.

Ahhhhh...


C
Lydia..
                   G
Lydia ..
F       C         F       C
She ..
F     Dm    F    Dm
And a ..
C
Lydia..
                          F
Oh ..
       Dm
On ..
F
Beside ..
    C                       F
And ..
        C       G        C
You ..

C
(la ..
C
(la ..

Eb
When ..
                   Bb
If ..

For a ..
                           Eb
Or ..

Eb
(la la la, la la la)
C
(la la la, la la la)

C
Ah ..
                      G
Oh ..
F        C       F     C
When ..
F      Dm         F      Dm
Up ..
C
Lydia, ..
                            F
Oh ...
    Dm
For ..
       F
With ...
    C                       F
And ..
        C       G        C
You ..

C
(la la la, la la la)
Eb
(la la la, la la la)

Eb
Come ..
                                  Bb
Just ..

Here ..
                           Eb
Here's ..

Eb
(la la la, la la la)
Eb
(la la la, la la la)

Eb
Here ..
                                        Bb
Over ..

Here's ..
                           Eb
Here's ..

Eb
(Whistling instead of singing la la la...)
C
(Whistling instead of singing la la la...)

C
Ah ..
                            F
Oh ..
    Dm
She ..
    F
The ..
    C                        F
And ...
       C        G       C
For he ..

C
I ..
He ..
They ..
We ..
La-la!