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First appearing in the 1939 Marx Bros. picture At the Circus, “Lydia the Tatooed Lady” has Groucho detailing the many tatooes of the song’s namesake, which often detail great historical events.

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00:03Oh, Lydia, oh, Lydia, say, have you met Lydia? Lydia, the tattooed lady. She has eyes that men adore so,
00:13and a torso, even more so.
00:16Oh, Lydia, oh, Lydia, that encyclopedia. Oh, Lydia, the queen of tattooed. On her back is the Battle of Waterloo.
00:25Beside it, the wreck of the Hesperus, too. And proudly above waves, the red, white, and blue, you can learn
00:33a lot from Lydia.
00:34La, la, la, la, la, la. La, la, la, la, la, la. When a robe is unfurled, she will show
00:44you the world. If you'll step up and tell a where. For a dime you can see Kankakee or Paris
00:51or Washington crossing the Delaware.
01:01Oh, Lydia, oh, Lydia, say, have you met Lydia? Lydia, the tattooed lady. When her muscles start relaxin', up the
01:13hill comes Andrew Jackson.
01:15Oh, Lydia, oh, Lydia, that encyclopedia. Oh, Lydia, the queen of them all. For to bid she will do a
01:24mosaic her in jazz. With a view of Niagara that nobody has.
01:31And on a clear day, you can see Alcatraz. You can line a lot from Lydia.
01:38La, la, la, la, la, la. La, la, la, la, la, la, la.
01:44Come along and see Buffalo Bill with his lasso. Just a little classic by Mendel Picasso.
01:51Here's Captain Spaulding exploring the Amazon. Here's Godiva, but with her pajamas on.
01:58La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.
02:05Oh, Lydia, oh, Lydia, say, have you met Lydia? Lydia, the tattooed lady.
02:12When she stands, the world grows littler. When she sits, she sits on Hitler.
02:20Lydia, oh, Lydia, that encyclopedia. Oh, Lydia, the queen of them all.
02:26She once swept an admiral clear off his feet. The ships on her hips made his heart skip a beat.
02:33And now the old boy's in command of the fleet. For he went and married Lydia.
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