{"id":17226,"date":"2023-09-03T23:51:28","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T23:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=17226"},"modified":"2025-08-25T23:28:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T23:28:19","slug":"lydia-the-tattooed-lady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/lydia-the-tattooed-lady\/","title":{"rendered":"Lydia, the Tattooed Lady"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lydia, the Tattooed Lady<\/code><\/h1>\n
This next song goes out to my sixth ex-wife. \r\nHer name was Lydia. I met her at the World's Fair in 1940. \r\nAh Lydia.  \r\nShe was the most glorious creature under the sun. Ahhhhh...\r\n<\/span><\/pre>\n
[A] Lydia, oh! Lydia, say have you met Lydia<\/span>
\nOh! Lydia, the tattooed [E] lady<\/span>
\n[D] She has [A] eyes that [D] folks [A] adore so<\/span>
\nAnd a [Bm] torso even [Bm] more so<\/span>
\n[A] Lydia, oh! Lydia, that “Encyclopedia”<\/span>
\nOh! Lydia, the Queen of [D] tattoo<\/span>
\nOn her [Bm] back is the Battle of Waterloo<\/span>
\n[D] Beside it the Wreck of the Hesperus too<\/span>
\nAnd [A] proudly above the waves<\/span>
\nThe [D] Red, White and Blue<\/span>
\nYou can [A] learn a [E] lot from [A] Lydia<\/span><\/code><\/p>\n
[A]<\/span>\r\n<\/span>[la la la, la la la]\r\n<\/span><\/span>[A]<\/span>\r\n<\/span>[la la la, la la la]\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/pre>\n
[C] When her robe is unfurled, She can show you the world<\/span>
\nIn tattoo if you step up and [G] tell her where<\/span>
\nFor a dime you can see Kankakee or Paree<\/span>
\nOr Washington crossing the [C] Delaware<\/span><\/code><\/span><\/p>\n
[C]<\/span>\r\n<\/span>[la la la, la la la]\r\n<\/span><\/span>[A]<\/span>\r\n<\/span>[la la la, la la la]\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/pre>\n
[A] Oh! Lydia, oh! Lydia, say have you met Lydia<\/span>
\nOh! Lydia, the tattooed [E] lady<\/span>
\n[D] When her [A] muscles [D] start [A] relaxin’<\/span>
\n[D] Up the [Bm] hill comes [D] Andrew [Bm] Jackson<\/span>
\nLydia, oh! Lydia, that “Encyclopedia”<\/span>
\nOh! Lydia, the champ of them [D] all<\/span><\/p>\n
For [Bm] two bits she will do a Mazurka in Jazz<\/span>
\nWith a [D] view of Niag’ra that no artist has<\/span>
\nAnd [A] on a clear day you can [D] see Alcatraz<\/span>
\nYou can [A] learn a [E] lot from [A] Lydia.<\/span>
\nLa la la La la la La la la La la la<\/span><\/code><\/span><\/p>\n
[A]<\/span>\r\n<\/span>[la la la, la la la]\r\n<\/span><\/span>[C]<\/span>\r\n<\/span>[la la la, la la la]\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/pre>\n
[C] Come along and see Buff’lo Bill with his lasso<\/span>
\nJust a little classic by Mendel [G] Picasso<\/span>
\nHere is Captain Spaulding exploring the Amazon<\/span>
\nAnd Godiva, but with her [C] pajamas on<\/span>
\n[C] La la la La [C] la la La la la La la la<\/span><\/p>\n
[C] Here is Grover Whalen unveilin’ the Trylon<\/span>
\nOver on the west coast we have Treasure [G] Islan’<\/span>
\nHere’s Nijinsky a doin’ the Rhumba<\/span>
\nHere’s her Social Security [C] numba<\/span>
\nLa la la La la la La la la La la la<\/span><\/p>\n
[A] Lydia, oh! Lydia, say have you met Lydia<\/span>
\nOh! Lydia, the champ of them [D] all<\/span>
\nShe [Bm] once swept an Admiral clear off his feet<\/span>
\nThe [D] ships on her hips made his heart skip a beat<\/span>
\nAnd [A] now the old boy’s in [D] command of the fleet
\nFor he [A] went and [E] married [A] Lydia
\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Lydia, the Tattooed Lady This next song goes out to my sixth ex-wife. Her name was Lydia. I met her at the World’s Fair in 1940. Ah Lydia. She was the most glorious creature under the sun. Ahhhhh… [A] Lydia, oh! Lydia, say have you met Lydia Oh! Lydia, the … CLICK TO VIEW SONGLydia, the Tattooed Lady<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-live-piano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17226\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}