Can'T Can'T, Can-Can
Can' can't can-can
Mum won't let me, 'cos it's rude,
She has always been a prude.
Dad would faint if he could see,
A little bit too much of me.
High-kicking in a bawdy show.
Men cat calling to dancers
Go girls, go,
And go they did, at a frantic pace,
Holding up their dresses,
To hide their face
Screeching and screaming as they danced,
Putting the men in a trance,
Except for a few
Who passed out when they saw the view.
Faces started turning red,
As the girls threw their dresses over their heads,
Mum was shocked, horrified,
Grabbing me and throwing me outside,
The door of this despicable place,
Saying the girls are a disgrace to the human race.
And I CAN'T CAN'T go,
To join a bawdy CAN-CAN show...
Copyright © Shirley Hawkins | Year Posted 2021
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