On The Strict Qt - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
ON THE STRICT QT Copyright, 1877, by Wm. A. Pond & Co. As sung by Miss Lydia Thompson. 
We are very often told All that glitters is not gold, And we're not as we all ought to be ; And you'd quite believe it true, If you saw the things I do, When I get upon the strict "Q. T." The Russians in the East, Were preparing for a feast-They meant to carve the Turkey, don't you see? They said, "It's peace we're on;" But their little game was Constantinople on the strict 'Q. T." 
Chorus. Oh, my ! what a pious world this is. And how very good we all seem to be ; What a duffing lot you find, If you only raise the blind, And see us on the strict "Q. T." 
Old ladies oft declare Girls should never wear false hair-The locks that once adorned another she, Or to use that lily-white ; But they draw the curtains tight, And use it on the strict "Q. T," Each girl a little puff Will in her pocket stuff-She cannot do without it, all agree ; And her pretty nose she'll powder, When a moment is allowed her To do it on the strict " Q. T." Oh, my ! what a pious world, &c. 
With a lady when you dine, And you ask her to take wine, She says, " I couldn't touch it; not for me !" Say, "Mumm's the word, make haste!" And I think you'll find she'll taste That "Mumm " upon the strict "Q. T." When Sunday comes you fear You cannot get your beerIt's forbidden in the city of the free ; It's naughty, but it's nice, But if you ask for,"Weiss," You'll get it on the strict " Q. T." Oh, my ! what a pious world, &c. 
Just take a pretty miss, And offer her a kiss, When there's anybody standing by to see ; She'd say she'd rather die, But you may snatch it on the sly, And she'll like it on the strict "Q. T." Now, there's the needy swell 
Who calls a girl a "gell," Wears an ulster quite a yard below his knee; Then comes the ancient beau, Upon whose cheek there is a glow That we think is on the strict Q. T." Oh, my! what a pious world, &c.