deusvulture:

This song, which was recorded in the degenerate Roaring Twenties, is my new problematic fave. (I literally can’t stop listening, send help)

Lyrics:

Hey, hey, women are going mad today
Hey, hey, fellas are just as bad, I’ll say
Go anywhere, just stand and stare
You’ll say they’re bugs when you look at the clothes they wear

Masculine women, feminine men
Which is the rooster, which is the hen?
It’s hard to tell them apart today, and say,

Sister is busy learning to shave
Brother just loves his permanent wave
It’s hard to tell them apart today, hey hey

Girls were girls and boys were boys when I was a tot
Now we don’t know who is who, or even what’s what
Knickers and trousers, baggy and wide
Nobody knows who’s walking inside
Those masculine women and feminine men

Stop, look, listen and you’ll agree with me
Things are not what they used to be, you’ll see
You say hello to Uncle Joe
Then look again and you’ll find it’s your Auntie Flo

Masculine women, feminine men
Which is the rooster, which is the hen?
It’s hard to tell them apart today, and say
Auntie is smoking, rolling her own
Uncle is always buying cologne
It’s hard to tell them apart today, hey hey

You go in to give your girl a kiss in the hall
But instead you find you’re kissing her brother Paul
Ma’s got a sweater up to her chin
Pa’s got a girdle holding him in
Those masculine women and feminine men

Now wifey is playing billiards and pool
Hubby is dressing the kiddies for school
It’s hard to tell them apart today, hey hey

Since the Prince of Wales in ladies’ dresses was seen
What does he intend to be - the king or the queen? Haha!
My grandmother buys those tailor-made clothes
Grandfather tries to smell like a rose
Those masculine women and feminine men