Classic Poem

VERSE 1

In days of old beside the Nile
A famous queen there dwelt.
Her clothes were few, but full of style,
Her figure slim and svelte.
On ev'ry man that wandered by
She pulled the Theda Bara eye,
And ev'ryone observed with awe
That her work was swift, but never raw.

REFRAIN 1

I'd be like Cleopatterer
If I could have my way.
Each man she met she went and kissed,
And she'd dozens on her waiting list.
I wish that I had lived there
Beside the pyramid,
For a girl today don't get the scope
That Cleopatterer did!

VERSE 2

And when she tired, as girls will do,
Of Bill or Jack or Jim,
The time had come, his friends all knew,
To say " Good-bye " to him.
She couldn't stand, by any means,
Reproachful, stormy farewell scenes.
To such coarse stuff she would not stoop,
So she just put poison in his soup!

REFRAIN 2

When out with Cleopatterer
Men always made their wills.
They knew there was no time to waste
When the gumbo had that funny taste.
They'd take her hand and squeeze it,
They'd murmur, " Oh, you kid! "
But they never liked to start to feed
Till Cleopatterer did.

VERSE 3

She danced new dances now and then,
The sort that make you blush.
Each time she did them, scores of men
Got injured in the rush.
They'd stand there gaping in a line
And watch her agitate her spine;
It simply used to knock them flat
When she went like this and went like that.

REFRAIN 3

At dancing, Cleopatterer
Was always on the spot.
She gave those poor Egyptian ginks
Something else to watch besides the Sphinx.
Marc Antony admitted
That what first made him skid
Was the wibbely wobbely wiggley dance
That Cleopatterer did!