Key: C major
Verse 1
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The was beautiful,
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the lady was dark
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but still left her mark
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On volumes of history and
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thousands of checks
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of old devil's sex
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Josephine, Josephine,
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from the first was rather chic
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As a tot, she would trot
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through the island of Martinique.
by an aged crone
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who prophesied fame and romance,
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the outrageous idea
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that she'd also be Empress
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of France.
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had with men a set routine,
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and the people who thought
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her technique was self -taught
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didn't know Josephine.
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Whatever she nearly did
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from five to fifteen,
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begin the beguine
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On first meeting Bonaparte, she murmured,
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Hell's bells, you let down the tone
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Apart from anything else.
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Josephine, Josephine,
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very seldom lost control
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Though her wit was a bit over -seasoned
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with sauce crayon.
She very soon married
this short young man
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Who talked about soldiers all day.
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But it wasn't about
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In a coarse,
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rather Corsican way
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Josephine wasn't keen
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And she made an ugly scene
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Until Bonaparte said,
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We must rumple the bed
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Just to show Josephine
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Josephine, Josephine
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Though a queen remained at home
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While her lord was abroad
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Sending postcards in code from Rome
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From Austria, Poland, or Spain
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he arrived rather tight
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Having balled up the Russi
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Josephine, turning green
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Cried, whatever does this mean?
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Then Napoleon said, whoops!
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I've lost all my troops in the snow
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Josie, oh Josie, snow
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Josephine
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