The Fashions

• Posted by mgr on January 11th, 2009 filed in Zeitdokumente
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Written by Master H. H. Paul, and sung by Messr. Boyes and Lewis.—Tune, “Unhappy Jeremiah.”

The fashions now are all the rage
O! as you all know, sirs,
The gallant beaux and sporting belles
Are dressed from top to toe, sirs.
We’ve coonskin caps to shed the rain
False hair and patent bustles,
And every thing that you can name,
With laces brought from Brussels.

Our ladies too, with gallants true,
Sport up and down the streets, sirs,
With sunshades small, and feathers long,
What handsome little creatures!
The dandies with their little canes,
And faces long and thin, sirs,
And huge moustachios on their lips—
With tails grown from their chin, sirs.

We’ve patent corsets used by all,
By lady and by dandy,
And for to draw you in a heap,
You’ll find them very handy;
Pantalets too, are the go,
And bonnets trimmed with laces,
With veils a half a yard in length.
To hide their little faces.

O, broad shirt-collars are in vogue,
And plaited pants so fine, sirs,
With raffled bosoms nicely starched,
Just for to suit the times, sirs;
And trailers too, that fit so tight,
With straps full two feet long, sirs,
And by your kind permission now–
I will end my song, sirs.

Quoted from: Marsh’s Selection, Or Singing for the Million, Containing the Choicest and Best Collection of Songs Ever Embodied in One Work, New York: 1854.

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