Ooo, Ooo, Lena!
[Verse 1]
- PRALINE. When Lena was a naughty girl her mother used to say
- "Ooo, Ooo, Lena!"
- She got into some diff'rent kind of trouble ev'ry day.
- GIRLS. "Ooo, Ooo, Lena!"
- PRALINE. She'd slip into the cupboard just as quiet as a clam
- And steal her fill of pasty tarts of jellies and of jam,
- The first time mother caught her was the first time she said, "Sh!"
- GIRLS. Ooo, Ooo, Lena!
[Refrain]
- PRALINE. Ooo, Ooo, ts, ts, ts, Lena was so wild,
- People used to wonder "what will happen to the child?"
- Ooo,
- GIRLS. Ooo, ts, ts, ts,
- PRALINE. She was so indiscreet,
- But Somehow little Lena always landed on her feet,
- Lena landed on her
- GIRLS. Rum tum tiddle diddle,
- Rum tum tiddle diddle,
- Rum tum tiddle diddle,
- Tra, la, la, la, la, la, la.
[Verse 2]
- PRALINE. One day she thought she'd have a swim and stay away from school
- "Ooo, Ooo, Lena!"
- She took of mostly all her clothes and paddled in the pool.
- GIRLS. "Ooo, Ooo, Lena!"
- PRALINE. A sudden shriek and Lena sank when from the bushes slid
- A man, who fished her out but seemed ashamed of having hid,
- Said Lena "Don't apologize I'm very glad you did!"
- GIRLS. Ooo, Ooo, Lena!
[Verse 3]
- PRALINE.One day she said to mother this here town is awful slow
- "Ooo, Ooo, Lena!"
- I've got what's known as Wanderlust and so I guess I'll go
- GIRLS. "Ooo, Ooo, Lena!"
- PRALINE. She got aboard a train without a single sou you see
- And simply said Conductor, can't you let me go through free?
- "And when she smiled he answered that seem fare enough to me!"
- GIRLS.Ooo, Ooo, Lena!
[Verse 4]
- PRALINE. When Lena reached the city why the queerest things occurred,
- "Ooo, Ooo, Lena!"
- The way folks fell for Lena's smile was really most absurd.
- GIRLS. "Ooo, Ooo, Lena!"
- PRALINE. For ev'ry man who saw it went immediately wild
- And offered rings and other things unto the angel child,
- And she accepted evry thing that came her way and smiled!
- GIRLS. Ooo, Ooo, Lena!
[Verse 5]
- PRALINE. Now Lena's poor old folks at home got poorer ev'ry year
- "Ooo, Ooo, Lena!"
- Kept losing all their money as they'd lost their Lena, dear.
- GIRLS. "Ooo, Ooo, Lena!"
- PRALINE. They quite made up their minds that she had surely come to harm
- When one day she came home and there was no cause for alarm,
- She'd make enough to take the darned old mortgage off the farm!
- GIRLS. Oh you, Lena!
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