"Eadie Was A Lady" lyrics

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Lyrics

"Eadie Was A Lady"

Maud and Mabel, seated at a table
Talking over bygone days
Mabel sporty, fat and over forty
Said, "Remember Edith Hayes"

Eadie was a sucker for a bottle and glass
But in spite of everything that gal had class
Then one summer, she wed a corset drummer
Struck with her refine like way

Eadie was a lady (Eadie was a lady)
Though her past was shady (Though her past was shady)
Eadie had class, with a capital K
(She was lady, she was a lady)

Though her life was merry (Though her life was merry)
She had savior fairy (Lots of savior fairy)
Eadie did things in a ladylike way
(Eadie was a lady, Eadie was a lady)

She would have a golden toothpick handy
After meals she'd flashed it about
'Member how she used to drink her brandy
With her finger sticking well out

Oh, Eadie was a lady (Eadie was a lady)
You can ask P.I. O'Grady (Ask P.I. O'Grady)
Eadie had class, with a capital K

Oh, Eadie was a lady
You can ask P.I. O'Grady
Eadie was a lady, you can ask P.I. O'Grady
That Eadie was a lady, oh!


Writer(s): Nacio Brown, Richard A. Whiting, B.g. Desylva
compilation: "Volume 1: The Early Years 1930 - 1934" (2001)
Cab Calloway And His Orchestra - Volume 1: The Early Years 1930 - 1934 compilation cover
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