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“The Lady in The Tutti-Frutti Hat” from The Gang’s All Here (1943)

I wonder why does ev’rybody look at me
And then begin to talk about a Christmas tree?
I hope that means that ev’ryone is glad to see
The lady in the tutti-frutti hat

The gentlemen, they want to make me say, “Si, si”
But I don’t tell them that, I tell them, “Yes, sir-ee”
And maybe that is why they come for dates to me
The lady in the tutti-frutti hat.

Some people say I dress too gay
But ev’ry day, I feel so gay
And when I’m gay, I dress that way
Is something wrong with that?

Americanos tell me that my hat is high,
Because I will not take it off to kiss a guy
But if I ever start to take it off, ay, ay
I do that once for Johnny Smith
And he is very happy with
The lady in the tutti-frutti hat

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nitanahkohe:

Cheyenne girls (Lame Deer, 1906). See the silver drops on their belts? Cheyenne women wear the drop to honor the Cheyenne woman who killed Custer, Buffalo Calf Road Woman. As the Cheyenne story goes:

A Cheyenne woman approached Custer, grabbed his saber, and stabbed him, eventually killing him. She told the General “he had it coming.” As Custer lay dead on the ground, Cheyenne and Arapaho women used their awls to stab his ears. It is told that the women chanted “we do this to you so that you will listen to our people in the next world.” The women referred to Custer as Attacker at Dawn because of his role in the Washita Massacre of 1868, in which he attacked Black Kettle’s camp and captured 53 women and children. Many women were raped as their village burned.

The woman who stabbed Custer claimed his saber. In the days and years to follow, she wore it honorably hanging from her leather belt. This woman was highly respected by all for her warrior deed. After her death, many Cheyenne women continue to honor and remember her by wearing a silver drop on their side attached to their leather belts. [source: Gordon Yellowman, Cheyenne]

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