Hoops - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
HOOPS. Written and sung by Sam Devere. 
Hoop-skirts are getting all the rage, Coming in style again; Getting around the ladies like The naughty, naughty men. To go round some daiuty little waist, Hold ribbons, skirts and loops, Oh, if I could let my arms out for Some lovely creature's hoofs. 
Chorus. Hoopen, hoopen, hoopen up. Ribbons, frills, and hoops; Solid chunks of sweetness now Are all done up in hoops. 
When a girl with hoops gets in a car, Her trouble then begins; Her hoops spring up and she springs down To hide her little shins. She trembles when she takes a seat, She blushes when she stoops; They protect the girls from getting squeezed, Those darling, lovely hoops.-Chorus. 
Oh, hoops! who first invented hoops? Not for barrels or kegs, But to hang like patent chicken coops Over lovely woman's-ankles. Hoops may hoop up sugar barrels, And sweet molasses too, But nothing half so sweet as girls, Oh, hoop de dooden doo!- Chorus.