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Victoria University College Capping Carnival, 1921. "Done to Death"

2. "Take your Girlie to the Movies."

2. "Take your Girlie to the Movies."

Now-a-days a courtship's just a simple thing,
Everything is straight and plain;
There's no sonnet writing, and you needn't sing
Underneath her window pane.

Just take your girlie to the movies,
To a five-reel flick.
She's no Theda Bara, but if you go home,
Just imagine she is all that's Louise Glaum.

Take your girlie to the movies,
Where the love stuff is piled thick,
Then as sure as I'm Sennett you'll think she's Enid Bennett;
So take your girlie to the movies.

Though she may not always look as sweet as Blanche,
Try hard to be true;
You don't wish to crush her in an ava lanche,
Of mail or males, do you?

Just take your girlie to the movies,
There'll be all you wish,
Though you may not have as many suits as Ray,
You'll out-handicap him on your whole week's pay;

If her face has just slipped sideways,
Think she's Dolly Gish,
And if she hears from us think that she's Olive Thomas,
When with your girlie at the movies.

Though your name may not be that of
friend Tom Mix,
And your pulse is rather slow,
When you want a place where every thing you'll fix,
I'll tell you where to go.

Take your girlie to the movies,
Try think you're Wally Reid;
Though you may not feel as fit as big Bill Hart,
You'll not have much trouble once you're got a start.

So take your girlie to the movies,
And once you work up speed,
You'll soon work a slinter on your Mary Miles Minter,
If you take your girlie to the movies.