No. 20 - Song - Lady Rosabelle and Workgirls - "Miss Blush!"

Lyrics by Paul A. Rubens

[Lady Rosabelle:] There lived a little lady
Just a hundred years ago,
[Workgirls:] Just a hundred years ago,
[Lady Rosabelle:] And anything the least bit shady
Used to shock her so!
[Workgirls:] Yes, it used to shock her so!
[Lady Rosabelle:] Suppose you mentioned "stocking,"
To her cheeks the blood would rush,
[Workgirls:] To her cheeks the blood would rush,
[Lady Rosabelle:] She'd say "How very shocking!"
So they nicknamed her "Miss Blush!"
[Workgirls:] So they nicknamed her "Miss Blush!"
[Lady Rosabelle:] Oh, "Miss Blush" was such a proper young maid,
All the chair legs she used to drape with cretonne!
Some had a skirt of flannelette on!
But she was quite a little fraud, I'm afraid,
For when stories around the room were rushing,
"Miss Blush" was not the least bit crushing;
If there was anyone not blushing,
"Miss Blush" would be the one!
[Workgirls:] Oh, "Miss Blush" was such a proper young maid,
All the chair legs she used to drape with cretonne!
Some had a skirt of flannelette on!
But she was quite a little fraud, I'm afraid,
For when stories around the room were rushing,
"Miss Blush" was not the least bit crushing;
If there was anyone not blushing,
"Miss Blush" would be the one!

[Lady Rosabelle:] "Miss Blush," I am afraid, is
Just at present far too meek;
[Workgirls:] Just at present far too meek;
[Lady Rosabelle:] With up-to-date young ladies
There's less blush but far more cheek!
[Workgirls:] There's less blush but far more cheek!
[Lady Rosabelle:] If quite alone you get her,
You'll observe without a doubt,
[Workgirls:] You'll observe without a doubt,
[Lady Rosabelle:] She isn't any better,
But she doesn't get found out!
[Workgirls:] But she doesn't get found out!
[Lady Rosabelle:] Our "Miss Blush" is not so proper today,
For I'm sorry to say she's not too modest;
Sometimes her ways are quite the oddest!
When she comes out, she comes out all the way!
Ev'ry ev'ning! at the Savoy you'll meet her,
Dressed in a row of pearls from Streeter.
Could any frock have been much neater
One hundred years ago?
[Workgirls:] Our "Miss Blush" is not so proper today,
For I'm sorry to say she's not too modest;
Sometimes her ways are quite the oddest!
When she comes out, she comes out all the way!
Ev'ry ev'ning! at the Savoy you'll meet her,
Dressed in a row of pearls from Streeter.
Could any frock have been much neater
One hundred years ago?