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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nMERRY:
I am the very model of a modern lady milliner,
I own a little hat shop off the Strand – you may have been in there,
My clients are exclusively the cream of our society,
I’m known for my discretion and my taste and my propriety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I know the latest fashion and I\u2019d say that I\u2019m ahead of it,
You’ll never find a hat that’s out of style, I just get rid of it,
I\u2019ve simple hats and fancy hats with trimmings and with featherers,
I’ve hats for all occasions and for every kind of weatherers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
GAYE: (accompanying the words of the chorus with a strange little bobbing motion)<\/em> MERRY: GAYE: (chorus)<\/em> MERRY: Wedding hats and party hats, Derby hats and toques, GAYE:(chorus<\/em>) (The tempo of the music slows<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n MERRY: There are hats to make a maiden swoon, hats to dance a reel in, GAYE: (chorus)<\/em> MERRY: GAYE: (chorus)<\/em> (Images from Pixabay.com<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a9 Patsy Trench<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An extract from my forthcoming novel ‘Mrs Morphett’s Macaroons’, as performed by the redoubtable duo, Merry and Gaye. With apologies to W S Gilbert (and Sir Arthur Sullivan). It celebrates the glorious OTT fashion for… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[321,322,313,320,267,30],"tags":[323,324],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/patsytrench.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3658"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/patsytrench.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/patsytrench.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patsytrench.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patsytrench.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3658"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/patsytrench.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3676,"href":"https:\/\/patsytrench.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3658\/revisions\/3676"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patsytrench.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/patsytrench.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patsytrench.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patsytrench.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
She\u2019s hats for all occasions and for every kind of weatherers,
She\u2019s hats for all occasions and for every kind of weatherers,
She\u2019s hats for all occasions and for every kind of weather-weather-ers.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Each model is unique, you will find there\u2019s only one of it,
Fads and mass production, I\u2019ll have absolutely none of it,
No Merry Widow<\/em> nonsense and no passing whims or silliness,
For I\u2019m the very model of a modern lady millin\u2019ress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No Merry Widow<\/em> nonsense and no passing whims or silliness,
For she\u2019s the very model of a modern lady millin\u2019ress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/patsytrench.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Edwardian-dress-Pixabay-cropped-138x150.jpg\")
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I\u2019ve curly brims and floppy brims and hats completely brimless,
Panamas with ribbons on, irregular or rimless,
I\u2019ve Buckets, I have Cartwheels, I have Gainsboroughs with flowers on,
Tricorns, tam o\u2019shanters, and a cloche with Eiffel Towers on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ve hats from off the shelf, made to measure and bespoke,
I\u2019ve bretons and I\u2019ve turbans, on the straight or asymmetrical,
Berets plain or stripy or with patterns diametrical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Berets plain or stripy or with patterns diametrical,
Berets plain or stripy or with patterns diametrical,
Berets plain or stripy or with patterns diametri-metrical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Each bonnet is a statement, every beret tells a story,
A hat is so much more than just a mere accessosory<\/em>,
I\u2019ve sober hats and jaunty hats, for fun\u2019rals or festivities,
Hats for servants, mistresses, and maids of all proclivities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Picture hats to hide beneath or cloches all-revealing,
Boaters that will guide you in your speech and your behaviour,
Yes, a hat can be your dearest friend, a hat can be your saviour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A hat can be your dearest friend, a hat can be your saviour.
A hat can be your dearest friend, a hat can be your saviour.
A hat can be your dearest friend, a hat can be your saviour-saviour-er.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From the promenades of Paris to the salons of Sofia,
You\u2019ll find my darlings perched on every noble head you see-a,
In halls of fame throughout the world my name is all-familiar,
I am the very model of a modern lady milliner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In halls of fame throughout the world her name is all-familiar,
She is the very model of a modern lady milliner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n