Spoken:
Hiya, Pete! Hiya Jim! Howdy, Joel! Howdy, Slim!
We know what you’ve been missin’ while you’ve been on the trail;
We’re mighty glad you’re back in town and keepin’ out of jail.
Put the red-eye down and drop your gun!
We’re gonna have a little fun, and it’s comin’ to ya.
Hey, all you roarin’ cowboys, you got a treat tonight;
Red garters on a dancing girl; what a purty sight!
Come on you busy drinkers, and blow away the foam;
Red garters on a dancing girl you’ll never see at home!
I’m feelin’ friendly, and full o’ spice;
But don’t grab the package
Or touch the merchandise!
Hey, all you men from Leadville, and you from Laramie,
Red garters on a dancing girl;
Got ‘em from Paree;
Red garters on a dancing girl!
Are what you came to see!
Started off in Yonkers
Dressed from head to toe;
Then I dropped my bustle off
South of Buffalo!
Took off a dozen petticoats
In Altoona, Penn.
It got so hot in Illinois,
Dropped another ten!
In Kansas let my hair down,
Same in I-o-way;
Fin’lly got in fightin shape
In Cal-i-for-ni-ay!
And here I wear the minimum,
Garters, hooray!
And to see the maximum
They come from miles away!
Hey, you tobacco drummers,
Who sez this town is tame?
Red garters on a dancing girl;
Are you glad you came!
I’ve never been to Broadway;
I just don’t fit the part;
Red garters on a dancing girl,
Now that’s what I call art!
Don’t tell the sheriff,
I’m breakin’ laws;
‘Cause you’ll find the sheriff
Leading the applause!
I know your eyes’ll bug out, your chest is gonna heave;
I’m gonna toss my garters out, snap ‘em on your sleeve!
Red garters on a dancing girl.
That’s the main event of entertainment.
Red garters on me!
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