A celebration of perspiration by legendary 1930s music hall singer Elsie Norks.*

Taken from An Evening With Patti DuPont, a joyously inventive character comedy show packed with blackly comic surprises.

Edinburgh Fringe: 8.45pm, 1-24 August (not 12), St John's (venue 202). Free entry. 

www.pattidupont.com

*With assistance from Simon Clark (composition, vocals) and Anna Emerson (lyrics).


IS IT HOT IN HERE, OR AM I JUST MIGHTY SWEATY?

Is it hot in here, or am I just mighty sweaty? 
Is it hot in here, or am I just mighty sweaty?

It’s hot in here, I’m feeling queer, 
Sweat’s running down my crack, I fear. 
It stinks, it stinks, it stinks, it stinks, it stinks.

My clothes are soaked, it ain’t no joke, 
I look like I’ve just been swimming.
I’m dripping water like a sumo’s daughter
On the plus side, perhaps it’s slimming.
It’s not just my pits or beneath my tits,
It’s comin’ from every pore.
I’m not that big, but I’m sweating like a pig
It ain’t been this bad before. 

Is it hot in here, or am I just mighty sweaty? 
Is it hot in here, or am I just mighty sweaty?

It’s hot in here, I’m feeling queer, 
Sweat’s running down my crack, I fear. 
It stinks, it stinks, it stinks, it stinks, it stinks.

It’s gone unabated, now I’m saturated, 
Like I’ve just come out the sea. 
Oh blimey hell it’s started to smell, 
Don’t you stand too close to me. 
It’s such a curse, there’s nothing worse 
Than perspiring to excess.
It started as a tickle, then became a trickle, 
Now it’s shooting out my dress. 

Is it hot in here, or am I just mighty sweaty? 
Is it hot in here, or am I just mighty sweaty?

It’s hot in here, I’m feeling queer, 
Sweat’s running down my crack, I fear. 
It stinks, it stinks, it stinks, it stinks, it stinks.


AnnaEmerson