Lydia, The Tattooed Lady chords by Burl Ives

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Verse 1
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Oh, Lydia,
oh, Lydia, say, have you met Lydia,
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Oh, Lydia, the tattooed lady?
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She has eyes that folks ad ore so,
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And a torso even more so,
Oh, Lydia, oh, Lydia, that encyclopedia,
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Oh, Lydia, the Queen of Tattoo.
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On her back is the Battle of Waterloo,
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Beside it the wreck of the Hesperus II,
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And proudly above waves the red,
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white, and blue.
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You can learn a lot from
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Lydia.
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She can give you a view
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of the world in tattoo
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If you step up and tell her where
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For a dime you can see Kentucky or Paris
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Or Washington crossing the
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Delaware
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Oh, oh, Lydia, say, have you met Lydia,
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Oh, Lydia, that tattooed lady?
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When her muscles start relaxin',
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Up the hill comes Andrew Jackson.
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Lydia, oh, Lydia, that encyclopedia,
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oh, Lydia, the champ of them all
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For two bits she will do a   mazurka in jazz,
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with a view of Niagara that no  artist has
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And on a clear day you
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can see Alcatraz
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La la la, la la la, la la la, la la la
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Come see Buffalo Bill with his lasso
Just a little classic by
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Mendel Picasso
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Here's Spalding exploring the Amazon
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And Godiva, but with her pajamas on
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La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,
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la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.
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Lydia, oh, Lydia, say, have you met Lydia?
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Oh, Lydia, the champ of them all.
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She once swept an admiral
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clear off his feet,
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The ships on her hips
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made his heart skip a beat,
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And now the old boy's
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in command of the fleet
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For he went and married Lydia