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Once I Had a Clothing Store

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Dan Goodman

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Jul 25, 2012, 4:22:03 PM7/25/12
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I suspect this was originally a vaudeville song.

Once I had a clothing store,
Business it was bed.
Asked my wife what to do;
This is what she said.

"Take a can from kerosine,
Spill it on the floor.
Take a metch; give a scretch;
Poof! No more clothing store."

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Dan Goodman

Jeff Jonas

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Aug 3, 2012, 2:05:34 AM8/3/12
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>I suspect this was originally a vaudeville song.

>"Take a can from kerosine,
>Spill it on the floor.
>Take a metch; give a scretch;
>Poof! No more clothing store."

My dad sings a similar song of a candy shop.

But it's all too close to home.
In the 1970s, the south Bronx of NYC burned down due to arson:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/why_the_bronx_burned_hvgkCrLVekbXBGohd6GFUO

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bronx

Dan Goodman

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Aug 3, 2012, 12:33:12 PM8/3/12
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On 08/03/2012 01:05 AM, Jeff Jonas wrote:
>> I suspect this was originally a vaudeville song.
>
>> "Take a can from kerosine,
>> Spill it on the floor.
>> Take a metch; give a scretch;
>> Poof! No more clothing store."
>
> My dad sings a similar song of a candy shop.

In the 1960s, it was "paper store." I have no idea why the kind of
store keeps changing.
>
> But it's all too close to home.
> In the 1970s, the south Bronx of NYC burned down due to arson:
>
> http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/why_the_bronx_burned_hvgkCrLVekbXBGohd6GFUO
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bronx
>


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Dan Goodman

P.F. Bruns

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Aug 3, 2012, 3:11:40 PM8/3/12
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Dan Goodman wrote:
> On 08/03/2012 01:05 AM, Jeff Jonas wrote:
>>> I suspect this was originally a vaudeville song.
>>
>>> "Take a can from kerosine,
>>> Spill it on the floor.
>>> Take a metch; give a scretch;
>>> Poof! No more clothing store."
>>
>> My dad sings a similar song of a candy shop.
>
> In the 1960s, it was "paper store." I have no idea why the kind of store
> keeps changing.

...because it keeps burning down?

*runs away giggling*

Perry

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