The Lady Is A Tramp
Davis Jr. Sammy Lyrics
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Never wished for turkey
As I hitched and hiked and a-drifted, too
From Maine to Albuquerque
Alas, I missed the Beaux Arts Ball
What is twice as sad
I was never at a party
Where they honored Noel Ca'ad
Her Hobohemia is the place I wanna be
She gets too hungry for dinner at eight
She loves the theater but never comes late
She'll never bother with someone she hates
That's why the lady is a tramp
She goes to Coney, the beach is divine
She digs the ball games and the bleachers are fine
She reads Kilgallen and I mean every line
That's why the lady is a tramp
I like the green grass under my shoes
So what can I lose?
I'm flat, that's that
And for Ray Charles, she whistles and stamps
That's why the lady is a tramp
She likes the free fresh wind in her hair
Life without care
She is broke but it's oke
Hates California, it's cold and it's damp
That's why the lady is a tramp
Why the lady
That is why the lady
Why the lady is a tramp
One more time
Why the lady
I'm hip, that crazy lady
Why the lady is a tramp
In “The Lady Is A Tramp,” Sammy Davis Jr. sings about a woman who is unconventional and doesn't fit into high society. The opening verse talks about how he has enjoyed simple things like Mulligan stew and has hitchhiked from Maine to Albuquerque, but he has never been to a fancy event like the Beaux Arts Ball. He goes on to say that he is more interested in being part of her world, which he calls “Hobohemia.” In the chorus, he explains why she is so unique - she doesn’t follow conventional rules. She doesn't need dinner at eight, she goes to Coney Island instead of fancy restaurants, and she loves to read gossip columns, among other things. Sammy even comments on how she likes to whistle and stamp her feet for Ray Charles. He concludes the song by saying that he also likes to live carefree, like the “tramp.”
The song is a commentary on gender expectations and class norms. The lady in the song is unique because she doesn't follow society's rules for women of her class. She doesn't care for luxury or societal obligations, and as a result, she oozes charisma and confidence. Sammy seems to be attracted to her independence and carefree attitude, traits that he also relates to himself. This could be interpreted as an ode to the power of living on one's own terms and rejecting conformity.
Line by Line Meaning
I've wined and dined on Mulligan stew
I have eaten simple and cheap food.
Never wished for turkey
I never desired fancy or expensive food.
As I hitched and hiked and a-drifted, too
From Maine to Albuquerque
I have traveled and wandered all across the country.
Alas, I missed the Beaux Arts Ball
What is twice as sad
I was never at a party
Where they honored Noel Ca'ad
I feel regret for missing out on certain social events and celebrations.
But her social circles spin too fast for me
Her Hobohemia is the place I wanna be
I prefer the laid-back and carefree lifestyle of the less wealthy and eccentric people.
She gets too hungry for dinner at eight
She loves the theater but never comes late
She'll never bother with someone she hates
That's why the lady is a tramp
She is an independent and self-sufficient woman who knows what she wants and does not follow conventions or expectations of others.
She goes to Coney, the beach is divine
She digs the ball games and the bleachers are fine
She reads Kilgallen and I mean every line
That's why the lady is a tramp
She enjoys simple and fun leisure activities, including reading tabloids, and does not need extravagance.
I like the green grass under my shoes
So what can I lose?
I'm flat, that's that
And for Ray Charles, she whistles and stamps
That's why the lady is a tramp
I am happy with what I have, even if it is not much, and I appreciate good music, no matter what genre or style.
She likes the free fresh wind in her hair
Life without care
She is broke but it's oke
Hates California, it's cold and it's damp
That's why the lady is a tramp
She values simplicity and freedom in life, even if it means being poor, and has particular likes and dislikes that are personal and independent of others.
Why the lady
That is why the lady
Why the lady is a tramp
One more time
Why the lady
I'm hip, that crazy lady
Why the lady is a tramp
Reiteration of the main idea that the lady is unconventional and free-spirited, and proud of it.
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@donnaholstein2104
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..,,..............................................................................................................You Have already MURDERED my little brother Speakapon ..He was a Targeted Tortured Individual Victim also....YOU KiILLED HIM 7yrs ago now....You didn't get him with the liver Cancer inflicted by these games...But His blood pressure gave him a Heart Attack...
I can prove this fact my own blood pressure Exceeds His... LMFAO
I WILL PROVE YOU ALl MURDERED My Brother Dallas Pullam Jr...IM HIS SISTER... Donna Pullam Holstein
Still the same you all are at it again today everyday ...the ones of you that thought it cute to identify to me lyou ike threatening children and animals this is a game to you causing harm to my kids Scott and Steven Holstein life.... Taking life through and worse technology FUNNY... Bob Segar... Samantha Cher Segar....Amber Heard...Lisa Lori Allison...Page Elway... Marie Francis Larson Pullam... Karen Pullam Wilson Howlett Holstein... Sharon Pullam Rameriz...Heidi Pullam.. Lynda Harsvick...Carol Nicks Plant... Stevie Nicks Rohack Matthews... Paulette Pullam Stone... Donald Trump... United States Government... United Nations... AND SUCH...
I am INDIAN Poka aka Holy Ghost and Hussain.. We're all walking...I'm not the one with the problem.. Something wrong about thinking is ok To hurt any child but mine your the one's out of mind... Mimiking Sprited Through Technology Military Weapons Grade 5 g Telepathy ...Voice to Skull...Mindreading...Telepathy and Mental telepathy are two very different things...Imagine what you don't know now because you need technology and we dont...And Such...You can't catch a thought when I throw it at you idots...You BIGOTS to Belittle Humiliation Degrade Depress..Create Mental Illnesses...Create So Many Health... biological Issues...Targeting Individual's... Organs...Pain... Biologica Infection... Chemical Infection and Disease... Depends... Contaminate Food Sources...Water... Medications...HAIR... Starving invetro...Food Agression..Organ Harvesting... Illegal Organ and Limb experiment on children and animals.....Gang Stalking... Harvesting of Spirit and Soul....Voice to skull...
Cutting Children and Animals no Pain Relief in brutal procedures..Foul water play...Making Parents Watch... Primitive SEX Games... Watching Munchouser s...Sex Trafficking...Human Trafficking...Work Trafficking... Disrespectful Disposal of Remain in Cement Pavement to be walked on... Digging up of remains and Hanis acts on them...The Septic Fields... Underground Freaking Freaking Filth Discust...AND MORE HANIS MORE HORRIFIC CRIMES STILL....I AND OR ONE OF US HAS LIVED THROUGH IT ALL...I CAN CIRCLE IT ALL...I KNOW WHY ME I CAN CIRCLE THAT ALSO...I WAS DECLARED HUSSAIN IN DETROIT BEFORE I WAS 3...I AM WIDE AWAKE...I TOOK ALL FAKE GODS BLACK MAGIC B/S anything Sprited and stupid enough EVERYTHING HAS BEEN TAKEN AND NUTROLIZED...And I Gave It To The Animals .... LMFAO...DUMB ... SUCKER...I WONDER WHAT MY AGENDA IS...
I WILL NOT...WE WILL NOT AWARD FOR BAD BEHAVIOR....I WILL NOT BACK DOWN.... YOU WILL NOT MAKE ME...VERY SIMPLE...DO NOT HURT CHILDREN and ANIMALS...
Donna Pullam Holstein Scott and Steven Holstein Mom...
LET ME KNOW WHEN EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS...WHAT YOU HAVE DONE....THE UNFORGIVEN... UNFORGIVABLE... UNFORGETTABLE... UNIMAGINABLE.... UNSPEAKABLE.... UNEXPLAINABLE....I HATE...I MAD MAD MA D.... PLAYING WITH My SANITY....I AM HUSSAIN NOT INSANE.....
..,,..............................................................................................................You Have already MURDERED my little brother Speakapon ..He was a Targeted Tortured Individual Victim also....YOU KiILLED HIM 7yrs ago now....You didn't get him with the liver Cancer inflicted by these games...But His blood pressure gave him a Heart Attack...
I can prove this fact my own blood pressure Exceeds His... LMFAO
I WILL PROVE YOU ALl MURDERED My Brother Dallas Pullam Jr...IM HIS SISTER... Donna Pullam Holstein
Still the same you all are at it again today everyday ...the ones of you that thought it cute to identify to me lyou ike threatening children and animals this is a game to you causing harm to my kids Scott and Steven Holstein life.... Taking life through and worse technology FUNNY... Bob Segar... Samantha Cher Segar....Amber Heard...Lisa Lori Allison...Page Elway... Marie Francis Larson Pullam... Karen Pullam Wilson Howlett Holstein... Sharon Pullam Rameriz...Heidi Pullam.. Lynda Harsvick...Carol Nicks Plant... Stevie Nicks Rohack Matthews... Paulette Pullam Stone... Donald Trump... United States Government... United Nations... AND SUCH...
I am INDIAN Poka aka Holy Ghost and Hussain.. We're all walking...I'm not the one with the problem.. Something wrong about thinking is ok To hurt any child but mine your the one's out of mind... Mimiking Sprited Through Technology Military Weapons Grade 5 g Telepathy ...Voice to Skull...Mindreading...Telepathy and Mental telepathy are two very different things...Imagine what you don't know now because you need technology and we dont...And Such...You can't catch a thought when I throw it at you idots...You BIGOTS to Belittle Humiliation Degrade Depress..Create Mental Illnesses...Create So Many Health... biological Issues...Targeting Individual's... Organs...Pain... Biologica Infection... Chemical Infection and Disease... Depends... Contaminate Food Sources...Water... Medications...HAIR... Starving invetro...Food Agression..Organ Harvesting... Illegal Organ and Limb experiment on children and animals.....Gang Stalking... Harvesting of Spirit and Soul....Voice to skull...
Cutting Children and Animals no Pain Relief in brutal procedures..Foul water play...Making Parents Watch... Primitive SEX Games... Watching Munchouser s...Sex Trafficking...Human Trafficking...Work Trafficking... Disrespectful Disposal of Remain in Cement Pavement to be walked on... Digging up of remains and Hanis acts on them...The Septic Fields... Underground Freaking Freaking Filth Discust...AND MORE HANIS MORE HORRIFIC CRIMES STILL....I AND OR ONE OF US HAS LIVED THROUGH IT ALL...I CAN CIRCLE IT ALL...I KNOW WHY ME I CAN CIRCLE THAT ALSO...I WAS DECLARED HUSSAIN IN DETROIT BEFORE I WAS 3...I AM WIDE AWAKE...I TOOK ALL FAKE GODS BLACK MAGIC B/S anything Sprited and stupid enough EVERYTHING HAS BEEN TAKEN AND NUTROLIZED...And I Gave It To The Animals .... LMFAO...DUMB ... SUCKER...I WONDER WHAT MY AGENDA IS...
I WILL NOT...WE WILL NOT AWARD FOR BAD BEHAVIOR....I WILL NOT BACK DOWN.... YOU WILL NOT MAKE ME...VERY SIMPLE...DO NOT HURT CHILDREN and ANIMALS...
Donna Pullam Holstein Scott and Steven Holstein Mom...
@bungle6668
Undoubtedly the greatest of the "rat packers".... He can sing, dance, spin a yarn and most of all knows how to play an audicence! his range is incredible, switching from childlike to full on smooth adult and everything in-between! im only sad im too young to remeber him in his prime (i was 5 when he did this concert)... What a man! VERY, VERY few artists even come close to this... RIP Sammy! the greatest of the greats!
@musicandmovieguy55
Thank God someone had the sense to produce this fine DVD live concert performance in Germany of the great Sammy while he was still with us! For those who haven't gotten a copy of it - get one before they're all sold out forever! Sammy is absolutely magnificent in it, giving 110% of himself, despite his age and serious health problems and the band you see here backing him - is fabulous.
@lovaboy0076
I agree! When I realized the year he performed this was 5 years before he died it amazed me that he actually did perform it considering his health problems
@degsbabe
Man. Would loved to have been there.
@cocoolizoo
I miss Sammy. And the Rat pack, these guys made it look easy.
@mickj.147
Absolute legend,im 43 so never listened to him in his prime,hes better then Sinatra and Martin twice on the same night, untold talent.He must have faced so many closed doors simply because of his colour.Little 5ft guy blew the doors off.
@joeg3911
All things considered, there was never a performer better than Sammy Davis Jr. He did it all!
@kimberlytodd2258
This performance right hereeee. He left it alllll on that stage. He gave his all then some.
@sabrinea1625
his whole persona on stage is so good so classic, nothing like this anymore!!!
@musicandmovieguy55
There will never ever be a performer and vocalist like Sammy.........He was such a frail, tiny guy but had the voice, energy, sincerity, tremendous talent, charisma, and charm of a dozen great singers and showmen - rolled into one!! Beyond Sammy's countless millions of fans worldwide - one can easily see how and why Frank Sinatra thought so highly of him and how both felt very special and honored to have such a wonderful lasting friendship together for so many years......As one can also read in books about both Sammy and Frank - it is often mentioned many times how grateful Sammy was for Frank's endless support and help with his career as both singer and actor, and as a person - during especially very troubled times in the beginning - involving the most unfortunate difficulties black actors and vocalists had to deal with and accept, back then - in sharp contrast to the times of today and even 50 or so years ago.
Alas - for all us fans of Sammy and his fabulous career and dedication to pleasing and giving everything he could possibly give to audiences alike - there exists very few film clips of him and the most memorable gifts of laughter and song he gave us all for so many years.....
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, Sammy, for all that you gave this troubled world for as long as you possibly could. RIP forever.
PS - And - as always - Thank You viewers very much for reading and giving so many "thumbs up" to my long - winded reviews, but I continue to do it because I truly feel all the wonderful performers of the fabulous "Golden Age" more than deserve all the recognition we can offer them, in their memory and in my case in particular - for all that they have done for me to keep me alive and most happy whenever possible throughout my nearly 7 decades of life. Stay safe and healthy everyone.......