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BE YOURSELF by FAIRFAX DOWNEY

First Line: I'VE GOT STAYS WITH LONG PINK LACES
Last Line: EVER WERE BLAMED ON ME.
Subject(s): CLOTHING & DRESS;

I've got stays with long pink laces,
I've got corsets with whalebone braces.
Grandma used to wear such cases --
They can't get 'em on me.

Old frumps pull amazing faces,
When they see no corset traces.
Antique shops are proper places
For 'em -- not around me.

I'm for light and airy graces.
I'm for ease and breathing spaces.
No "Old Ironsides" embraces
Ever were blamed on me.



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