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No. 12 - Song - Caroline and Chorus - "Advertisements."
| Caroline: | I was tired of living single Never putting up the banns, I'd a heart that longed to mingle With a suitable young man's. But my love remain'd internal, In my heaving bosom pent, Till I notice'd in a journal Such a nice advertisement. Well, it seems a bit of all right, Just a bit of all right. He has ev'rything to make a wife content. But this photographic art Often leaves you in the carte When the goods aren't up to the advertisement! |
| Chorus: | Well, it seems a bit of all right, Just a bit of all right. He has ev'rything to make a wife content. But this photographic art Often leaves you in the carte When the goods aren't up to the advertisement! |
| Caroline: | When they called it summer lately, I was on a seaside trip, And I wanted very greatly To enjoy a quiet dip. I'd a bathing dress of flannel, And the folks that sold it said I could swim across the Channel And it wouldn't turn a thread. Well, it seemed a bit of all right, Just a bit of all right. So I gaily put it on, and in I went. But when I came out and dressed, It was like a baby's vest, Which was not quite nice as an advertisement! |
| Chorus: | Well, it seemed a bit of all right, Just a bit of all right. So she gaily put it on, and in she went. But when she came out and dressed, It was like a baby's vest, Which was not quite up to the advertisement! |
| Caroline: | I was told that my complexion Wasn't worthy of my face, So I took it for correction To a Beauty Doctor's place. She massaged me with her knuckles, Said my cheeks were very thin, But her "Bloom of Honeysuckles" Was the stuff for rubbing in! Well, it seemed a bit of all right, Just a bit of all right. It was something soapy, with a pleasant scent. It would clear my skin, she said, But it cleared it off my head, And she don't quote me in her advertisement! |
| Chorus: | Well, it seemed a bit of all right, Just a bit of all right. It was something soapy, with a pleasant scent. It would clear her skin, she said, But it cleared it off her head, And she don't quote her in her advertisement! |
| Caroline: | I was walking out one morning In a meditative mood, When I saw a poster warning Folks to take a patent food! It was light and satisfying Mixed with butter, jam or cream, And you found that after trying You could jump the widest stream! Well, it seemed a bit of all right, Just a bit of all right. So a little fortune on that food I spent; When I tried to take a leap I went over in a heap, And the boys said, Oh! what an advertisement! |
| Chorus: | Well, it seemed a bit of all right, Just a bit of all right. So a little fortune on that food she spent; When she tried to take a leap She went over in a heap, And the boys said, Oh! what an advertisement! |
| Caroline: | There's a new straight-fronted corset That is billed on ev'ry wall; Fashion papers will endorse it As the very best of all. Well, I thought it was de rigueur To avoid all embonpoint, So I'd have the Yankee figure With a sort of overhang! Well, it seemed a bit of all right, Just a bit of all right. I was straight in front as far as all that went; But I didn't bear in mind How it made me look behind, Like an air balloon with an advertisement! |
| Chorus: | Well, it seemed a bit of all right, Just a bit of all right. She was straight in front as far as all that went; But she didn't bear in mind How it made her look behind, Like an air balloon with an advertisement! |
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Page modified 5 February 2017