Speak--Easy----- 1920's

I may be all wet, but I sure ain't no bluenose! And, while it's none of my beeswax, Let's have a bull session-lesson ! Take a gander around, and tell the guy with the cheaters I'll give him an ear-full, if he'll just hang around There's a gatecrasher here..., I heard, on the level He's zozzled on hooch, a big lollygagger! He staggered in blotto, with a ciggy on his lips Sipping on bootleg, and lookin' for whoopee! He's the fall guy, (I've heard), for a weird, double cross Here comes the hoofer, the one with the gams That vamp is a pushover, a gun- moll, man chaser A real hotsy-totsy!, she dresses real spiffy Her toy is a shiv, she's the Jane, Real McCoy, makes a sap out of guys, who carry a torch Bumps them off, on their own front porch ! And that's the "Big Cheese", who runs the speakeasy He thinks he's high hat, but is full of baloney He gives all the dames, the real "heebie-jeebies" Just a poor drug-store cowboy... filled with nothin' but hooey Hard-boiled. they come, gold-diggers and hoods I've been beating my gums, and I'm dying of thirst This is the berries, been the real bees knees! Oh, it has been swell, while chewing the fat! But, facts are the facts, on the up and up Well, bye, Buttercup,......the jig is up I'm serious Sam, in a serious jam The truth of the matter is, that I'm on the lam You don't know for nothin', stay out of a pickle !... Remember my friend, don't take wooden nickels !! ______________________________________________________ For Deb's Contest: Talk The Talk, Walk The Walk (1920's Slang) 6/14/15