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Maids Of Misfortune |
Gerry Tapscott |
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We’ve met today, us poor hardworking women Drink up, me dears, and forget all our cares Times are right hard when you’re short of a shilling Earning our pennies from life below stairs Well, here’s our Mary Ann, so full of worry Can’t afford new shoes to show off her feet She sews for the rich but it’s not worth the money Victim of poverty making ends meet Chorus: Just for today, let’s drown all our sorrows Cast down our crowns before Her Majesty Off to the land of a no-hope tomorrow Let’s hear it again for the Jubilee Our maids of misfortune are Rosie and Dolly Trading their bodies like Gypsy Smith’s wares Lost is their dignity, steeped in their folly Life has dealt cruelly in unequal shares Gypsy Smith sells out of sheer desperation Dubious liquids in pubs all around The Queen’s tears for Albert being no consolation For love or for money, there’s none to be found Chorus |
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