Ida Claire

I met the woman of my dreams
She’s got long, red, curly hair
And she just drives me crazy
Her name is Ida Claire.

Now, she’s got freckles from her nose down to her toes
She don’t wear underwear
And when she’s in her dancing dress
The men just stop and stare

Ida Claire, Ida Claire
You just don’t treat me right
You do, your sleeping the the daylight time
And stay out late at night

She said that I was special
The best man she had found
But then she asked for money
She said she had to get downtown.

She’ll dance the hoochie coochie
She lives life wild and free
She rolls and moans in other men’s arms
And never thinks of me.

Ida Claire, Ida Claire
You just don’t treat me right
You do your sleeping the the daylight time
And stay out late at night