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Al Duvall - I Married A Milliner Lyrics

Though many adore me
I married a milliner
She's breezy, she's stormy
I cherish the chill in her
For although I'm forty she breathes and I feel eighteen
She stands in her stall
She's a poor kid with tortured feet
She smiles through it all
She's the orchid of Orchard Street
I spotted her plumage through the window of my limousine

On top of the world the air's rather thin
Alone I sat gasping and pale
But the tenement basement apartment she's in
Is warm as a Mexican jail

But business got tougher
For my little milliner
The work made her suffer
The mercury was killin' her
She'd faint on the sofa and arouse my chivalry
So I reached in my pocket
And pulled out a dime and ring
I put back the dime and
I gave her the other thing
And laid down a hanky and fell upon my knee
I heard from an old society flame
The milliner weighed on her head
"A millionaire ought to be smart," said the dame
And she coaxed me to wed her instead

But I didn't carry
A torch like an arsonist
I went to McSorley's
'cause that's where the parson is
To ask him to marry the milliner and me