When I wore my flounces, my flounces, my flounces,
When I wore my flounces, this a-way went I.
When I was a lady, a lady, a lady,
When I was a lady, this a-way went I.
When I was a gentleman, a gentleman, a gentleman,
When I was a gentleman, this a-way went I.
When I was a washerwoman, &c.
When I was a schoolgirl, &c.
When I had a baby, &c.
When I was a cobbler, &c.
When I was a shoeblack, &c.
When my husband beat me, &c.