[ Lydia the Tattooed Lady ]

That is the most insulting thing I've ever heard as an American movie-goer.

It would be one thing if I was French or German, but the makers of The Fisher King think that American moviegoers will not know who American President Andrew Jackson is?

I feel like shooting Terry Gilliam!

I also saw this song covered by Kermit the Frog. It's in the second episode of the first season of The Muppet Show.

Wikipedia is wrong, as it very often is.

Since this board is about the film, this is the version used in the film:

dialog
Chico: Folks, I wanna you should meet my pal,
my *best* friend. (What's your name again?)

Groucho: Loophole.

Chico: Glad to know ya.

Groucho: It's your pleasure.

Ah this meeting brings back memories--
childhood days! lemonade!! romance!

My life was wrapped around the circus--
her name was Lydia. I met her at the World's
Fair in 1900, marked down from 1940. Ah Lydia.

(sung/spoken)
She was the most glorious creature under the sun.
Weiss!, DuBei! Garbo! Rolled into one.

Ahhhhh...

Lydia, oh Lydia, say, have you met Lydia?
Lydia the tattooed lady

She has eyes that folks adore so
And a torso even more so

Lydia, oh Lydia, that encyclo-pidia
Oh Lydia, the queen of tattoo

On her back is the Battle of Waterloo
Beside it the Wreck of the Hesperus, too
And proudly above waves the red, white and blue
You can learn a lot from Lydia

(la la la, la la la)
(la la la, la la la)

When her robe is unfurled, she will show you the world
If you step up and tell her where

For a dime you can see Kankakee or Paree
Or Washington crossing the Delaware

(la la la, la la la)
(la la la, la la la)

Ah Lydia, oh Lydia, say, have you met Lydia?

Oh Lydia the tattooed lady

When her muscles start relaxin'
Up the hill comes Andrew Jackson

Lydia, oh Lydia, that encyclo-pidia

Oh Lydia, the queen of them all

For two bits she will do a mazurka in jazz
With a view of Niagara that nobody has
And on a clear day, you can see Alcatraz
You can learn a lot from Lydia

(la la la, la la la)
(la la la, la la la)

Come along and see Buffalo Bill with his lasso
Just a little classic by Mendel Picasso
Here is Captain Spaulding exploring the Amazon
Here's Godiva but with her pajamas on

(la la la, la la la)
(la la la, la la la)

Here is Grover Whelan unveilin' the Tri-lon
Over on the west coast we have Treasure Isle-on
Here's Nijinski a-doin' the rumba
Here's her social security numbah

(Whistling instead of singing la la la...)
(Whistling instead of singing la la la...)

Ah Lydia, oh Lydia, that encyclo-pidia

Oh Lydia, the champ of them all

She once swept an admiral clear off his feet
The ships on her hips made his heart skip a beat
And now the old boy's in command of the fleet
For he went and married Lydia

I said Lydia
He said Lydia
They said Lydia
We said Lydia
La-la!

"if it was any good they'd have made an American version by now." Hank Hill