Transcribed by Justin Watson, mentalman@bigpond.com 
Any comments, correspondence, criticisms or corrections welcome. 
 
 
E E A E 

E E A E 
 
E 
Of all the theatre critics 
A                E 
 Dorothy was the worst 
E 
She could be most sarcastic 
A                 E 
 And cruel and perverse 
E                 A                    B 
If she were alive she'd be a friend of mine 
 
CHORUS 
        E        A        B        E        A   B 
Dorothy Parker's hair was dark and listless 
             E     B 
Just like my hippy brother Chris's 
 
If she was pessimistic 

She was the humorist kind 

She wrote sad short stories 

With the funniest lines 

If she were alive she'd be a friend of mine 
 
Repeat CHORUS 
 

E A          B  E 
Laa la la la la 
A B          E 
Laa la la la la 

Up in the old Algonquin 

Talking verse and in rhyme 

Drinking around the table 

Every lunch time 

If she were alive she'd be a friend of mine 
 
Repeat CHORUS x 2 
 
 
E A          B  E 
Laa la la la la 
A B          E 
Laa la la la la