Till the Clouds Roll By movie - Cleopatterer lyrics

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Verse 1<br>

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In days of old beside the Nile<br>

A famous queen there dwelt.<br>

Her clothes were few,<br>

But full of style.<br>

Her figure slim and swelt.<br>

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On every man that wandered by<br>

She pulled the Theda Bara eye.<br>

And every one observed with awe,<br>

That her work was swift,<br>

But never raw.<br>

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I'd be like Cleopatterer,<br>

If I could have my way.<br>

Each man she met she went and kissed.<br>

And she'd dozens on her waiting list.<br>

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I wish that I had lived there.<br>

Beside the pyramid.<br>

For a girl today don't get the scope<br>

That Cleopatterer did.<br>

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Verse 2<br>

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And when she tired as girls will do,<br>

Of Bill or Jack or Jim,<br>

The time had come, his friends all knew,<br>

To say goodbye to him.<br>

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She couldn't stand by any means,<br>

Reproachful, stormy farewell scenes.<br>

To such coarse stuff she would not stoop,<br>

So she just put poison in his soup.<br>

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When out with Cleopatterer,<br>

Men always made their wills.<br>

They knew there was no time to waste,<br>

When the gumbo had that funny taste.<br>

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They'd take her hand and squeeze it.<br>

They'd murmur "Oh you kid!"<br>

But they never liked to start to feed,<br>

Til Cleopatterer did.<br>

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Verse 3<br>

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She danced new dances now and then.<br>

The sort that make you blush.<br>

Each time she did them, scores of men<br>

Got injured in the rush.<br>

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They'd stand there gaping in a line,<br>

And watch her agitate her spine.<br>

It simply use to knock them flat,<br>

When she went like this and then like that.<br>

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At dancing Cleopatterer,<br>

Was always on the spot.<br>

She gave these poor Egyptian ginks,<br>

Something else to watch besides the spinx.<br>

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Marc Antony admitted,<br>

That what first made him skid,<br>

Was the wibbly, wobbly, wiggly dance,<br>

That Cleopatterer did.<br>

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