I've wined and dined on mulligan stew, and never wished for turkey
As I hitched and hiked and grifted too, from maine to albuquerque
Alas, I missed the beaux arts ball, and what is twice as sad
I was never at a party where they honored noel ca-ad (coward)
But social circles spin too fast for me
My hobohemia is the place to be

I get too hungry, for dinner at eight
I like the theater, but never come late
I never bother, with people I hate
That's why the lady is a tramp

I don't like crap games, with barons and earls
Won't go to harlem, in ermine and pearls
Won't dish the dirt, with the rest of the girls
That's why the lady is a tramp

I like the free, fresh wind in her hair
Life without care
I'm broke, it's o'k
Hate california, it's cold and it's damp
That's why the lady is a tramp

I go to coney, the beach is devine
I go to ballgames, the bleachers are fine
I find a winchell, and read every line
That's why the lady is a tramp

I like a prizefight, that isn't a fake
I love the rowing, on central park lake
I go to opera and stay wide awake
That's why the lady is a tramp

I like the green grass under my shoes
What can I lose, I'm flat, that's that
I'm alone when I lower my lamp
That's why the lady is a tramp

Transcribed by todd peach <todd@thepeaches.com>

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A few additional verses from the ella in berlin cd:

Girls get massages, they cry and they moan
Tell slender ella to leave me alone
I'm not so hot, but my shape is my own
That's why the lady is a tramp

The food at the kopensky is perfect, no doubt
I couldn't tell you wha the ritz is about
Drop a nickle in, and coffee comes out
That's why the lady is a tramp

Like the sweet, fresh, rain in my face
Diamonds and lace, no got, so what? !

For frank sinatra, I whistle and stamp
That's why the lady is a tramp

She's a hobo
She's a scamp
She's a no-good kinda tramp
That's why the lady is a tramp

• A Fine Romance
• A Foggy Day
• A Night in Tunisia
• A Ship Without a Sail
• A Woman is a Sometime Thing
• Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive
• Ace in The Hole
• After I Say I'm Sorry?
• Alexander's Ragtime Band
• All by Myself
• All My Life
• All of You
• All The Things You Are
• All Through The Night
• All Too Soon
• Always
• Always True to You in My Fashion
• Angel Eyes
• Anything Goes
• April in Paris
• Aren't You Kind of Glad We Did?
• As Long as I Live
• At Last
• Autumn in New York
• Azure
• Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
• Begin The Beguine
• Beginner's Luck
• Bess, You is My Woman Now
• Between The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea
• Bewitched
• Bidin' My Time
• Black Coffee
• Bli-blip
• Blue Moon
• Blue Room
• Blue Skies
• Blues in The Night
• Born to Be Blue
• Boy Wanted
• Boy! What Love Has Done to Me!
• But Not for Me
• By Strauss
• Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
• Can't We Be Friends?
• Caravan
• Change Partners
• Cheek to Cheek
• Cheerful Little Earful
• Clap Yo' Hands
• Come Rain or Come Shine
• Comes Love
• Cotton Tail
• Crab Man
• Cry Me a River
• Dancing on The Ceiling
• Day Dream
• Day in - Day Out
• Ding-dong! The Witch is Dead
• Do I Love You?
• Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me
• Don't Be That Way
• Don't Fence Me In
• Don't Get Around Much Any More
• Dream
• Drop Me Off in Harlem
• Early Autumn
• Easy to Love
• Embraceable You
• Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
• Ev'rything I've Got
• Everything but You
• Fascinating Rhythm
• For You, for Me for Evermore
• From This Moment On
• Frosty The Snowman
• Funny Face
• Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You?
• Get Happy
• Get Out of Town
• Get Thee Behind Me Satan
• Give It Back to The Indians
• Gone With The Wind
• Good Morning Blues
• Good Morning Heartache
• Goodnight, My Love
• Guilty
• Happiness is a Thing Called Joe
• Happy Blues
• Have You Met Miss Jones?
• Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
• He Loves & She Loves
• Heat Wave
• Here Come De Honey Man
• Here in My Arms
• Hooray for Love
• How About Me?
• How Deep is The Ocean
• How Long Has This Been Going On?
• How's Chances?
• I Ain't Got Nothin' but The Blues
• I Am in Love
• I Can't Be Bothered Now
• I Concentrate on You
• I Could Write a Book
• I Didn't Know About You
• I Didn't Know What Time It Was
• I Get a Kick Out of You
• I Got It Bad
• I Got Plenty O' Nuttin
• I Got Rhythm
• I Gotta Right to Sing The Blues
• I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
• I Love Paris
• I Remember You
• I Used to Be Color Blind
• I Want to Talk About You
• I Wants to Stay Here
• I Was Doing All Right
• I Wish I Were in Love Again
• I Won't Dance
• I'll Be Hard to Handle
• I'm Beginning to See The Light
• I'm Just a Lucky So & So
• I'm Old Fashioned
• I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket
• I've Got a Crush on You
• I've Got Five Dollars
• I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
• I've Got The World on a String
• I've Got You Under My Skin
• Ill Wind
• Imagination
• In a Mellow Tone
• In a Sentimental Mood
• In The Still of The Night
• Isn't It a Pity?
• Isn't It Romantic?
• Isn't This a Lovely Day
• It Ain't Necessarily So
• It Don't Mean a Thing
• It Never Entered My Mind
• It Was Written in The Stars
• It's a Lovely Day Today
• It's All Right With Me
• It's De-lovely
• It's Wonderful
• Jersey Bounce
• Jim
• Jingle Bells
• Johnny One Note
• Just A-sittin' & A-rockin'
• Just Another Rhumba
• Just One of Those Things
• Just Squeeze Me
• Laura
• Lazy
• Learnin' The Blues
• Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
• Let Yourself Go
• Let's Begin
• Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
• Let's Do It
• Let's Face The Music & Dance
• Let's Fall in Love
• Let's Kiss & Make Up
• Let's Take a Walk Around The Block
• Little Girl Blue
• Looking for a Boy
• Lorelei
• Lost in Meditation
• Love for Sale
• Love is Sweeping The Country
• Love Walked In
• Love You Madly
• Lover
• Lullaby of Birdland
• Lush Life
• Makin' Whoopee!
• Manhattan
• Midnight Sun
• Miss Otis Regrets
• Misty
• Mood Indigo
• Moonlight in Vermont
• Mountain Greenery
• Music Goes 'round & Around
• My Cousin in Milwaukee
• My Funny Valentine
• My Heart Stood Still
• My Man's Gone Now
• My Melancholy Baby
• My One & Only
• My Reverie
• My Romance
• My Shining Hour
• Nice Work if You Can Get It
• Night & Day
• No Strings
• Now It Can Be Told
• Of Thee I Sing
• Oh, Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?
• Oh, Dey's So Fresh & Fine
• Oh, Doctor Jesus
• Oh, Lawd, I'm on My Way
• Oh, So Nice
• Once I Loved
• One for My Baby
• Our Love is Here to Stay
• Out of Nowhere
• Out of This World
• Over The Rainbow
• Perdido
• Prelude to a Kiss
• Puttin' on The Ritz
• Reaching for The Moon
• Remember
• Remind Me
• Ridin' High
• Rocks in My Bed
• Round Midnight
• Rudolph The Red-nosed Reindeer
• Russian Lullaby
• S Wonderful
• Sam & Delilah
• Satin Doll
• Shall We Dance?
• She Didn't Say Yes
• Shoo Fly Pie & Apple Pan Dowdy
• Signing Off
• Sing My Heart
• Sing, Song, Swing
• Single-o
• Skylark
• Slap That Bass
• Slumming on Park Avenue
• So in Love
• Solitude
• Somebody from Somewhere
• Somebody Loves Me
• Someone to Watch Over Me
• Something's Gotta Give
• Soon
• Sophisticated Lady
• Spring Can Really Hang You up The Most
• Spring is Here
• Stars Fell on Alabama
• Stella by Starlight
• Stiff Upper Lip
• Stompin' at The Savoy
• Stormy Weather
• Strike up The Band
• Summertime
• Suppertime
• Sweet Georgia Brown
• Take Love Easy
• Take The & Quot;a & Quot;Train
• Ten Cents a Dance
• Tenderly
• That Certain Feeling
• The Buzzard Song
• The Half of It, Dearie & Quot;Blues
• The Lady is a Tramp
• The Man I Love
• The Man That Got Away
• The Nearness of You
• The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else
• The Real American Folk Song
• The Song is Ended
• The Very Thought of You
• The Way You Look Tonight
• There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York
• There's a Small Hotel
• These Foolish Things
• They All Laughed
• They Can't Take That Away from Me
• Things Are Looking Up
• This Can't Be Love
• This Could Be The Start of Something Big
• This Time The Dream's on Me
• This Year's Kisses
• Thou Swell
• To Keep My Love Alive
• Too Darn Hot
• Too Marvelous for Words
• Top Hat, White Tie, & Tails
• Trav'lin' Light
• Treat Me Rough
• Undecided
• Under a Blanket of Blue
• Wait Till You See Her
• What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?
• What is This Thing Called Love?
• What You Want Wid Bess?
• When a Woman Loves a Man
• When I Get Low I Get High
• When The Sun Comes Out
• Where or When
• White Christmas
• Who Cares?
• Why Can't You Behave?
• Why Was I Born?
• Willow Weep for Me
• With a Song in My Heart
• Yesterdays
• You Can Have Him
• You Couldn't Be Cuter
• You Do Something to Me
• You Go to My Head
• You Keep Coming Back Like a Song
• You Took Advantage of Me
• You Won't Be Satisfied
• You'll Have to Swing It
• You're Blase
• You're Laughing at Me
• You're My Thrill
• You're The Top
• You've Got a Friend