Day 999: The Ballad of May West – Non-Limerick Lyrics. Verse 8

This is the eighth verse of The Ballad of May West.

She said when she was being chummy
With comic, Edgar Bergan’s, dummy,
Charlie is “all wood and a yard long.”
She starred in films with Carey Grant
A feat that made her rivals pant
And wowed the crowds with many a risqué song.

Day 998: The Ballad of May West – Non-Limerick Lyrics. Verse 7

This is the seventh verse of The Ballad of May West.

Now Mae believed in censorship
She made a fortune out of it
Although sometimes it put her in a bind.
She spoofed the fine signature tune
That Sophie Tucker used to croon
When she said, “A hard man is good to find.”

Day 997: The Ballad of May West – Non-Limerick Lyrics. Verse 6

This is the sixth verse of The Ballad of May West.

Said she who started as vaudevillian
“This evening I feel like a million” 1
And followed it with “But one at a time.”
And climbed the ladder of success
“Wrong by wrong” in gaudy dress
The crowds all thought her humor was sublime.

1.Note: This is a slight misquote.  She actually said, “I feel like a million tonight.”

Day 996: The Ballad of May West – Non-Limerick Lyrics. Verse 5

This is the fifth verse of The Ballad of May West.

For lovers, Mae West said her yen
Was for only two kinds of men:
The foreign and domestic were her picks.
Good girls gone wrong without a doubt
Are just bad girls who were found out
Though moralists threw verbal stones and sticks.