Jean-Louis Pisuisse
Jean-Louis Pisuisse - Grandmother's Story lyrics
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When I was a little girl, long years ago We wore leg-o-’mutton sleeves, called ”gigot” And dear little hm, hm’s with frills down-below In the days when I was a girl My hairs, they curled them up every night In little curl-papers they screwed them up tight Till my head more resembled the tail of a kite In the days when I was a girl In my days we sang to grandpa and grandma Little songs that all ended with tralalalala Or joined in gee’s with papa and mama In the days when I was a girl In my days our songs were not full of unrest Soul-yearnings, heart-throbbings and lips on lips pressed But I think for young ladies our songs were the best In the days when I was a girl In my days young folks never said oh what rot Or remarked that the weather was awfully hot Or spoke about things as the whole blooming lot In the days when I was a girl In those days young folks never played the banjo And they could finish a sentence without don't ye know Oh, we had our advantages dears long ago In the days when I was a girl In my days we had not much high art, I know But ladies could wash and could cook and could sew Which husbands found useful and never thought low In the days when I was a girl Now I know you all laugh at us old-fashioned folk Oh I know you all think oh grandma’s such a joke But there is one thing we never did dears That was: smoke In the days when I was a girl ©Backwood/ Corney Grain