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Practice the topic of clothes with this song, My Favourite Shirt by Alan Smith Robertson.

These song lyrics include 20 examples of different items of clothing: underpants, shorts, jeans, suit, shoes, waistcoat, tie, shirt, flip-flops, boots, slippers, bathrobe, bathing suit, raincoat, t-shirt, mini-skirt, gloves, high heels, tights & dress.

In addition to those twenty items of clothing, the song also contains the following “clothes and fashion” related words: clothes, striped, leather, to put on, make-up, cross-dressing, fad, to dress up, to go together.

This song comes with a worksheet and is available for download in mp3 which also explores the topic of cross-dressing. To see other suggestions on how to use this song in class, click here.

Lyrics

She threw my clothes out on the street
My underpants, my shorts, my jeans
My sunday suit, shoes, waistcoat and tie
She was mad at me, I don’t know why

But I guess that it won’t last
’cause she kept my favourite shirt
It was the striped one that she’d given me last year

Summer flip flops, Winter boots
Slippers, bath robe and a bathing suit
All on the street lying in the dirt
But all I wanted was my favourite shirt

Then I asked for my raincoat
Tt looked like it was going to rain
And she’d cut my leather jacket into pieces again

Then she came out in a t-shirt and mini skirt
She put my gloves on and she gave me the finger

I picked my high heels up
My tights, my dress and my make-up
I wonder why she got so mad
Cross-dressing’s just my latest fad

I’m still the same man inside
In a sweater or dressed up like a bride
I said I’m rubber and you are glue
She said white socks and sandals don’t go together, dude

My favourite shirt….

Suggested activity: choose the correct option

Download this exercise (PDF)

Listen to the song, and choose the item of clothing that you hear.

She threw my clothes out on the street,
My ¹underpants/underwear, my ²shorts/shirts, my ³jeans/trousers,
My Sunday ⁴shoes/suit, ⁵shoes/suit, ⁶waistcoat/coat and ⁷tights/tie,
She was mad at me, I don’t know why

But I guess that it won’t last,
‘Cause she kept my favourite ⁸shirt/shorts,
It was the striped one that she’d given me last year.

Summer ⁹flip-flops/sandals, winter ¹⁰shoes/boots,
¹¹flip-flops/slippers, ¹²bathing suit/bathrobe, and a ¹³bathing suit/bathrobe,
All on the street lying in the dirt,
But all I wanted was my favourite shirt/shorts.

Then I asked for my ¹⁴waistcoat/raincoat,
It looked like it was going to rain,
And she’d cut my leather ¹⁵jacket/boots into pieces again.

Then she came out in a ¹⁶shirt/t-shirt and a ¹⁷miniskirt/t-shirt,
she put my ¹⁸boots/gloves on and she gave me the finger.

I picked my ¹⁹high-heels/ties up,
My ²⁰tights/tie, my ²¹waistcoat/dress and my make-up,
I wonder why she got so mad,
Cross-dressing’s just my latest fad.

I’m still the same man inside
In a ²²sweater/waistcoat or dressed up like a bride
I said: “I’m rubber and you are glue”
She said: “white ²³boots/socks and ²⁴sandals/flip-flops don’t go together, dude”.

If you enjoyed the song or if you think it will be useful for your students at least, remember this song comes with a worksheet and is available for download in mp3