A Slow Drag with Josephine

[Verse 1]

The snitch, the snoop, the tattletale, lead a threadbare up the stairs

Adieu, my little ballyhoo, you broke my heart in two

And now I haunt the bars and scent those trite affairs

She went home to gather her comb and caught him unawares

[Chorus]

And there was her man enjoying the lay of the land

He took a walk in the dark with her dish from the stand

Girls and their creations tight in the brightest grenadine

But I'd take all that I've seen for a slow drag with Josephine

Josephine, Josephine

But I'd trade all that I've seen for a slow drag with Josephine

[Bridge]

Gavotte, garrotes, cotillions and slow arabesques

Drum-rolls and farandoles are all made in jest

But when you make that move I can't resist

When will you declare your armistice?

[Refrain]

Josephine, Josephine

But I'd trade all that I've seen for a slow drag with Josephine

[Verse 3]

In another time and place a different fate was cast

He tried to skiddle-daddle-do, she might have slapped him

Just for saying "Grant me one more chance before you pass"

"Then curse the nurse that named me the first or bury me at last"

[Chorus]

And in three-quarter time the true and the false

Dancing the "Hesitation Waltz"

Then comes the "Flirtation" and temptation, hip, hip hooray

Listen to what I say then you can take it away