She Wore A Little Safety Pin Behind - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
SHE WORE A LITTLE SAFETY PIN BEHIND. Copyright, 1896, by Francis, Day & Hunter. Words by W. T. Lytton. Music by Denham Harrison. 
There's a dainty little damsel, And she's slap-bang up to date, For she wears a little safety-pin behind. With waist, so slim and slender, and her figure-well It's great, And she wears a little safety-pin behind. This artful little puss knows how to catch a Johnny's eye, And an arm around her waist she doesn't mind; But she fairly pops with laughter when his fingers find the point Of that artful little safety-pin behind. 
Chorus. So don't you grin at the safety pin That ornaments' the waists of great and small. After what you've learnt from me, I am sure you will agree It's a very handy fashion after all. 
A Johnny took a darling to the Covent Garden Ball, And she wore a little safety-pin behind. The johnny, he was short and fat, the lady Slim and tall, And she wore it little safety-pin behind. An evening suit he borrowed, you could twig It at a glance That those pantlets for that youth were not designed; And they went across-well, never mind-they soon resumed the dance. For be wore her little safety-pin behind.- Chorus. 
Bill took his gal, Maria, down to Southend for the day, And she wore a little safety-pin behind; Enjoying balmy breezes and the splashing of the spray, And she wore a little safety-pin behind. Maria soon felt peckish, so she said, "Hi, blow me, Bill, I for a pot of winkles feel inclined; But we've nothing here to pick em out" "Oh, that's all right," cried Bill, "Why you've got a blooming safety-pin behind." -Chorus. 
A lady, with a poodle, went out shopping, poor young thing. And she wore a little safety-pin behind. The poodle had no muzzle, so she led it by a string, Which She fastened to the safety-pin behind. Of Course, the burly policeman in his duty could not fall, She, by the magistrate next morn, was fined. Well, soon 'twill be all outrage for a dog to wag his tail, For they'll fix it with a safety-pin behind.- Chorus. 
I've Just returned from Africa, it's rather warm out there, And they never wear a safety-pin behind; I really must confess to you their fashions made me stare, For they didn't wear a safety-pin behind. Those damsels of the Tropics were, by nature, dressed in black, And for artificial clothing disinclined; Well, as I wanted servants, I have brought a couple back, But they'll have to wear a safety-pin behind.- Chorus. 
A pretty maid once took a stroll along the sad seashore, And she wore a little safety-pin behind; She loved to be alone and hear the breaking billows roar, And she wore a little safety-pin behind. When from a rock out yonder came a most terrific howl, She turned that way, the cause thereof to find. Some chap had lost-well every thing except his bathing-towel, And he wanted just a safety-pin behind.- Chorus.