THE DRESS OF SIGHS.
Backward, pin backward, my skirts in
their flight, Make me look small again, just for tonight. I am so weary, and my skirts are so long, Sweeping the pavement as I move along, Gathering dirt from out of the street, Looked at by everyone that I meet Mother,dearmother,lknowl'm a fright; Pin back my skirts, mother, pin 'em back tight. Mother, dear mother, the days are so warm, And I am tired of the dress I have on ; It is all clumsy and don't fit me right, Pin it back mother, pin it back tight. Now I am ready—don't I look sweet, Smiling on all I happen to meet; I'm in the fashion, so that is all right, Pin back my skirts, mother, pin 'em back tight. Those who are thin may well be afraid To show off a form that Isn't well made; Now you may laugh, but you know I am right, Pin back my skirts mother, pin 'em back tight.
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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 82, 1 May 1877, Page 3
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166THE DRESS OF SIGHS. Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 82, 1 May 1877, Page 3
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