Ooo, Ooo, Lena!



[Verse 1]
 * PRALINE. When Lena was a naughty girl her mother used to say
 * "Ooo, Ooo, Lena!"
 * She got into some diff'rent kind of trouble ev'ry day.
 * GIRLS. "Ooo, Ooo, Lena!"


 * PRALINE. She'd slip into the cupboard just as quiet as a clam
 * And steal her fill of pasty tarts of jellies and of jam,
 * The first time mother caught her was the first time she said, "Sh!"
 * GIRLS. Ooo, Ooo, Lena!

[Refrain]
 * PRALINE. Ooo, Ooo, ts, ts, ts, Lena was so wild,
 * People used to wonder "what will happen to the child?"
 * Ooo,
 * GIRLS. Ooo, ts, ts, ts,
 * PRALINE. She was so indiscreet,
 * But Somehow little Lena always landed on her feet,
 * Lena landed on her


 * GIRLS. Rum tum tiddle diddle,
 * Rum tum tiddle diddle,
 * Rum tum tiddle diddle,
 * Tra, la, la, la, la, la, la.

[Verse 2]
 * PRALINE. One day she thought she'd have a swim and stay away from school
 * "Ooo, Ooo, Lena!"
 * She took of mostly all her clothes and paddled in the pool.
 * GIRLS. "Ooo, Ooo, Lena!"


 * PRALINE. A sudden shriek and Lena sank when from the bushes slid
 * A man, who fished her out but seemed ashamed of having hid,
 * Said Lena "Don't apologize I'm very glad you did!"
 * GIRLS. Ooo, Ooo, Lena!

[Verse 3]
 * PRALINE. One day she said to mother this here town is awful slow
 * "Ooo, Ooo, Lena!"
 * I've got what's known as Wanderlust and so I guess I'll go
 * GIRLS. "Ooo, Ooo, Lena!"


 * PRALINE. She got aboard a train without a single sou you see
 * And simply said Conductor, can't you let me go through free?
 * "And when she smiled he answered that seem fare enough to me!"
 * GIRLS. Ooo, Ooo, Lena!

[Verse 4]
 * PRALINE. When Lena reached the city why the queerest things occurred,
 * "Ooo, Ooo, Lena!"
 * The way folks fell for Lena's smile was really most absurd.
 * GIRLS. "Ooo, Ooo, Lena!"


 * PRALINE. For ev'ry man who saw it went immediately wild
 * And offered rings and other things unto the angel child,
 * And she accepted evry thing that came her way and smiled!
 * GIRLS. Ooo, Ooo, Lena!

[Verse 5]
 * PRALINE. Now Lena's poor old folks at home got poorer ev'ry year
 * "Ooo, Ooo, Lena!"
 * Kept losing all their money as they'd lost their Lena, dear.
 * GIRLS. "Ooo, Ooo, Lena!"


 * PRALINE. They quite made up their minds that she had surely come to harm
 * When one day she came home and there was no cause for alarm,
 * She'd make enough to take the darned old mortgage off the farm!
 * GIRLS. Oh you, Lena!