Strip Polka

Song Strip Polka
Artist The Andrews Sisters
Album Their All-Time Greatest Hits

Lyrics

[00:12.70] There's a burlesque theatre where the gang loves to go
[00:16.88] To see Queenie the cutie of the burlesque show
[00:21.00] And the thrill of the evening is when out Queenie skips
[00:25.12] And the band plays the polka while she strips
[00:29.16] "Take it off" "Take it off" Cries a voice from the rear
[00:33.24] "Take it off" "Take it off" Soon it's all you can hear
[00:37.24] But she's always a lady even in pantomime
[00:41.28] So she stops! And always just in time
[00:45.24] She's as fresh and as wholesome as the flowers in May
[00:49.38] And she hopes to retire to the farm someday
[00:53.23] But you can't buy a farm until you're up in the chips
[00:57.49] So the band plays the polka while she strips
[01:01.54] "Take it off" "Take it off" all the customers shout,
[01:05.55] "Down in front" "Down in front" while the band beats it out
[01:09.63] But she's always a lady even in pantomime
[01:13.63] So she stops! And always just in time
[01:18.21] Queenie, Queen of them all
[01:22.73] Queenie, someday you'll fall
[01:26.81] Someday church bells will chime
[01:30.31] In strip polka time
[01:33.85]
[01:51.93] Oh! She hates corny waltzes and she hates the gavotte
[01:56.21] And there's one big advantage if the music's hot
[02:00.32] It's a fast moving exit just in case something rips
[02:04.44] So the band plays the polka while she strips
[02:08.56] Drop around, take it in, it's the best in the west
[02:12.70] "Take it off" "Take it off" yell like the rest
[02:16.82] Take her out when it's over, she's a peach when she's dressed
[02:20.92] But she stops! And always just in time
[02:25.58] Queenie, Queen of them all
[02:29.77] Queenie, someday you'll fall
[02:34.05] Someday the church bells will chime, the ol' church bells will chime
[02:37.84] In strip polka time