[Verse 1]
Well, her name was Lil and she was a beauty
She lived in a house of ill reputy
Gentlemen came from miles to see
Lillian in her deshabille

[Verse 2]
She was comely and she was fair
And she had lovely golden hair
But she drank too deep of the demon rum
She smoked hashish and opium
Yeah, she smoked hashish and opium

[Verse 3]
Well, day by day her cheeks grew thinner
From insufficient protein in her
She grew deep hollows in her chest
Why, shе had to go around completely dressеd

[Verse 4]
Now clothes may make a girl go far
But they've got no place on a fille de joie
Lillian's troubles started when
She concealed her abdomen
She concealed her abdomen
[Verse 5]
Well, she took to treatments in the sun
And she drank up Scott's Emulsion
Three times daily she ate yeast
Still her clientele decreased

[Verse 6]
For you must know her cliente-le
Rested chiefly on her belly
She rolled that thing like the deep Pacific
It was something calorific
Why, it was something calorific

[Verse 7]
So, she went to the house physician
To prescribe for her condition
"Why, you have got" the doctor did say
"Pernicious anemia"

[Verse 8]
Well, Lillian lay in her dishonor
She felt the Devil's hand upon her
She said, "My sins I now repents
"But Satan, that'll cost you fifty cents
"That's got to cost you just fifty cents"