Old Gertie and Lee

Old Gertie was a gentleman’s lady If she deemed to do anything, it would be shady We followed her career and were shocked to see The kinds of things she would do here, there and beyond the sea. She was a dance hall girl, and a pirate queen. The bawdy songs she sang were seen as obscene. She carried a pistol, a sword, and a leather whip. She made some cringe after they had made the trip To meet Old Gertie who had a furiously crazy reputation. In the thirties she was completely notorious across the nation. Some church ladies came to reform her from Kentucky. They ended up screaming in fear as they ran home said Lee. Lee was Old Gertie’s advisor, another dance hall girl to boot. Their friendship was known by the town, every mean old coot. If you crossed one, you had to take on the other as well. Old Gertie and Lee helped more than one guy back to hell.