There's a low-down tavern where the boys all go
To see Queenie, the star of the burlesque show
But the highlight of the evening is when on the stage she trips
And the band plays the polka while she strips
Take'em off, take 'em off! Cry the boys at the back
Take'em off, take 'em off! Be your natural self
But Queenie is a lady and it's only pantomime
So she stops...... but only just in time
There's another side of Queenie that the boys don't see
She dreams of a cottage surrounded by trees
But the payment of the mortgage takes an awful lot of chips
So the band plays the polka while she strips
Take 'em off, take 'em off! Cry the boys at the back
Take 'em off, take 'em off! Be your natural self
But Queenie is a lady and it's only pantomime
So she stops...... but only just in time
Some day, Queenie will fall
Queenie, pride of them all
Some day, churchbells will chime...... .But only just in time!
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