Winky Winky

Marie Lloyd
Wink the Other Eye‘, waltz song by Edward St. Quentin, sung by Marie Lloyd, cover illustrated by M. & N. Hanhart

You can compare the lithograph of the singer, Marie Lloyd, with her photograph. She was 20 years old when she introduced the instant hit ‘Then you wink the other Eye‘ originally composed by George Le Brunn, but here in an adaptation by Edward Saint Quentin. Marie Lloyd was not only the queen of the English Music Hall, but also the queen of double entendre and innuendo, illustrated by leers, nudges and winks. I bet she was! Know what I mean, nudge nudge, say no more…

Marie Lloyd
Marie Lloyd (1870-1922)