Her Name Was Lil

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Well, her name was Lil and she was a beauty She lived in a house of ill reputy Gentlemen came from miles to see Lillian in her deshabille [Verse 2] She was comely and she was fair And she had lovely golden hair But she drank too deep of the demon rum She smoked hashish and opium Yeah, she smoked hashish and opium [Verse 3] Well, day by day her cheeks grew thinner From insufficient protein in her She grew deep hollows in her chest Why, shе had to go around completely dressеd [Verse 4] Now clothes may make a girl go far But they've got no place on a fille de joie Lillian's troubles started when She concealed her abdomen She concealed her abdomen [Verse 5] Well, she took to treatments in the sun And she drank up Scott's Emulsion Three times daily she ate yeast Still her clientele decreased [Verse 6] For you must know her cliente-le Rested chiefly on her belly She rolled that thing like the deep Pacific It was something calorific Why, it was something calorific [Verse 7] So, she went to the house physician To prescribe for her condition "Why, you have got" the doctor did say "Pernicious anemia" [Verse 8] Well, Lillian lay in her dishonor She felt the Devil's hand upon her She said, "My sins I now repents "But Satan, that'll cost you fifty cents "That's got to cost you just fifty cents"