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Thread #78092 Message #4077977
Posted By: GUEST,ramapith
03-Nov-20 - 02:02 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's
The 24 Sep 15 poster says, "I learned this from a cartoon I used to see on TV in the 50s."
This can only be ALASKA, an Oswald the Lucky Rabbit short:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eMFJvDtWAo
Those were certainly on TV in the 1950s, and they're all over YouTube today. The cartoon has "Who will wind the clock when I am gone?" rather than a repetition of the ocean/shore line, but otherwise has every one of the lyrics this poster remembered.