Abril de 1937, Shubert Theatre, Broadway. El compositor Richard Rogers presenta junto al letrita Lorenz Hart el musical Babes in Arms, escrito, compuesto, producido y dirigido por ambos. Roger & Hart. El sexto tema del segundo acto es este The Lady is a tramp.
1940, sobre la novela de John O'Hara, Rodgers y Hart presenta el musical "Pal Joey" que llegaría al cine en 1957 con Rita Hayworth, Kim Novac y Frank Sinatra como protagonistas. La versión cinematográfica de Pal Joey incluía temas de Babes in Arms, como éste o My funny Valentine. Ambos temas están entre los más destacados en la voz de Sinatra.
She gets too hungry, for dinner at eight
She loves the theater, but doesn't come late
She'd never bother, with people she'd hate
That's why the lady is a tramp
Doesn't like crap games, with barons and earls
Won't go to Harlem, in ermine and pearls
Won't dish the dirt, with the rest of those girls
That's why the lady is a tramp
She loves the free, fresh wind in her hair
Life without care
She's broke, but it's o'k
She hates California, it's cold and it's damp
That's why the lady is a tramp
Doesn't like dice games, with sharpies and frauds
Won't go to Harlem, in Lincolns or Fords
Won't dish the dirt, with the rest of those broads
That's why the lady is a tramp