Shirley Bassey performing in Amsterdam (concertgebouw)
ABOUT this song: "The Lady Is a Tramp" is a show tune from the 1937 Rodgers and Hart musical Babes In Arms. This song is a sophisticated and witty spoof of New York high society and its strict etiquette (the first line of the verse is significant: "I get too hungry for dinner at eight..."). It has become a classic song in the pop standards/vocal genre. Several stars have recorded their own renditions. It was recorded by Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald in 1950s and Shirley Bassey in the 1960s, becoming a signature song for each of them.
LYRICS As Shirley has sung/recorded this song: I've wined and dined on mulligan stew on "Live at Talk of the Town" inserted: I have, I have And never wished for turkey I've hitched and hiked and drifted to From Maine to Alberquque Alas I missed the beaux arts ball And what is twice as sad I was never at a party Where they honoured Noel Coward on "Live at Talk of the Town": I was never at Barbra Streisands party - aaah And that make me bloody mad a ...(??) funny girl on "At The Pigalle": Alas I'm always known as being in the pie(??) I was never at Alma Cogans party A shame When she honoured Ringo Starr on "The Birthday Concert"
