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The Fan Song
Words & music © 1999 Ginger Hulsopple Written as a teaching song about the Language of the Fan, which was used by ladies in days of old to send silent signals to men…Chorus:
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So here's to the ladies who wink at a man
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Take heed of the word that is spoken by the FanC G
Young Johnny Gann saw a winsome maid
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And he wondered what he could do
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She caught his eye, ran her fingers through her fan
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Thus she said, "I'll speak with you. Sir!"C G
Now Maggie had a love but he had a roving eye
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And he winked at another lass as she passed by
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Maggie's fan did speak from her left hand
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"If you dally, then, sir, good bye!"C G
Oh James, he was dashing and he bowed to young Sue
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And it seems he tickled her fancy, too
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For she rested her fan upon her chin
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So she told him "I like you."C G
Across the room at a dance one night
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A boorish lad saw a girl he liked
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But her fan moved slow, said "Don't bother me, lad,
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For I really don't care for you!"C G
Sweet Mary had been courted by a very bonnie lad
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But slow he was to propose that they wed
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When next they met, she said “I want wedding bells!”
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As her fan in her right hand she held.C G
Now a very handy thing is a lady's fan
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She uses it to speak what she wants to a man
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Or the song of her heart if she wishes it -. such
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Is the Language of the Fan.Return to Siobhan's Original Songs
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