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O mommer! wasn't Mame a looty toot

Last night when at the Rainbow Social Club

She did the bunny hug with every scrub

From Hogan's Alley to the Dutchman's Boot,

While little Willie, like a plug-eared mute,

Papered the wall and helped absorb the grub,

Played nest-egg with the benches like a dub

When hot society was easy fruit!

Am I a turnip? On the strict Q. T.,

When do my Trilbys get so ossified?

Why am I minus when it's up to me

To brace my Paris Pansy for a glide?

Once more my hoodoo's thrown the game and scored

A flock of zeros on my tally-board.

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