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Thread #1642   Message #1118697
Posted By: Joe Offer
18-Feb-04 - 05:42 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Pinkham Compound / Lydia Pinkham
Subject: ADD Version: Lydia Pinkham
Here is the first of five texts in Randolph/Legman Roll Me In Your Arms. These verses and those from the other texts have been posted above, but I figured I should post this here so you can see how the tune scans.
-Joe Offer-


Lydia Pinkham

Missus Brown had female troubles,
An' she had no children dear,
Until she discovered Lydia Pinkham,
Now she has one every year.

Sing, oh sing, oh sing,
Oh sing of Lydia Pinkham,
An' her great love for the human race;
She sells her dope, her dope,
Her dope for a dollar a bottle,
An' the papers all publish her face.


Missus Jones had kidney trouble,
The poor lady could not pee,
She took seven bottles of Lydia's Compound,
Now they've piped her to the sea.


This tune is very close to I Will Sing of My Redeemer. The DT tune and the Shay tune wouldn't make it in church, but this one would.

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