Artist/Band: 
Bobby Short 
Lyrics for Song: The Lorelei 
Lyrics for Album: Other Songs - Bobby Short
  
               
  26102>Back in the days of knights and armour,
  There once lived a lovely charmer;
  Swimming in the Rhine,
  Her figure was divine!
 
 
  She had a yen for all the sailors,
  Fishermen and gobs and whalers;
  She had a most immoral eye,
  They called her Lorelei.
  She created quite a stir,
  And I want to be like her!
 
 
  I want to be like the gal on the river
  Who sang her songs to the ships passing by;
  She had the goods and how she could deliver,
  The Lorelei!
 
 
  She used to love in a strange kind of fashion,
  With lots of "hey, ho-de-ho, hi-de-hi!",
  And I can guarantee I'm full of passion,
  Like the Lorelei!
 
 
  Oh I'm treacherous, ya ya,
  And I just can't hold myself in check!
  And I'm lecherous, ya ya,
  I wanna bite my initials on a sailor's neck!
 
 
  And each affair has a kick and a wallop,
  For what they crave I can always supply!
  I wanna be like that other trollop
  Called the Lorelei!
 
 
  I wanna be like the gal on the river
  Who sang to the ships passin' by;
  She had the goods and how she could deliver,
  The Lorelei!
 
 
  She used to love in a strange kind of fashion,
  With "hey, ho-de-ho, hi-de-hi!",
  Guarantee I'm full of passion,
  Like the Lorelei!
 
 
  Oh I'm treacherous, ya ya,
  And I just can't hold myself in check!
  Lecherous, ya ya,
  I wanna bite my initials on a sailor's neck!
 
 
  And each affair has a kick and a wallop,
  What they crave I can always supply!
  I wanna be like that other Lorelei!
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