Partial LYR: "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor..."
Ronald E. Hontz
Bo Williams wrote:
>
> Here are some large pieces of "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor On
> The Bedpost Overnight." Maybe someone else can help with the rest.
>
> "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor On The Bedpost Overnight," as
> recorded by Lonnie Donnegan
>
> FIRST VERSE
> Oh me, oh my, oh you
> Whatever shall I do
> Hallelujah, the question is peculiar
> I'd give a lot of dough
> If only I could know
> The answer to my question--is it yes or is it no?
>
> CHORUS
> Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?
> If your mother says don't chew it, do you swallow it in spite?
> And you catch it on your tonsils, and you heave it left and right
> Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?
>
> (I am drawing a complete blank on the second verse. Here's some of the
> third, though:)
>
> The nations rise as one
> (something)
> Up to the White House, yes the nation's only White House
> To voice their discontent
> Unto the President
> (something) burning question has swept this continent
>
> If tin whistles are made out of tin, what do they make (something) out
> of?
> (something)
>
> REPEAT CHORUS
>
> On the bedpost overnight
> (something something something something) hold you tight?
> On Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday night
>
> On the bedpost overnight
> A dollar is a dollar and a dime is a dime
> He'd sing another chorus but he hasn't got the time
>
> On the bedpost overnight
Here's what I can add from memory--not sure exactly where it fits in,
though:
Here comes the blushing bride
The groom is at her side
Up to the altar just as steady as Gibraltar
Now the gromm has got the ring
And it's such a pretty thing
As he slips it on her finger, the choir begins to sing
Does your...."
BTW, wouldja believe this song dates way back to 1924? Yep--twas done
in that year as "Does the Spearmint Lose Its Flavor...."
Bo Williams
Ronald E. Hontz wrote:
> Here comes the blushing bride
> The groom is at her side
> Up to the altar just as steady as Gibraltar
> Now the gromm has got the ring
> And it's such a pretty thing
> As he slips it on her finger, the choir begins to sing
> Does your...."
Yup! That's the second verse. I actually came back to post most of
it--the phrase "steady as Gibraltar" popped into my head a minute ago
and most of the rest of it came flooding back, as these things tend to
do. :-)
> BTW, wouldja believe this song dates way back to 1924? Yep--twas done
> in that year as "Does the Spearmint Lose Its Flavor...."
Wow, didn't know that. It seems an awfully "coverable" song though, so
I'm not surprised.
--
Bo Williams
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