SHAVING CREAM
(By "Benny Bell with Paul Wynn" on>)

I have a sad story to tell you.
It may hurt your feelings a bit.
Last night when I walked into my bathroom,
I stepped in a big pile of . . .
(Chorus, repeated after each verse:) Shaving cream, be nice and clean.
Shave everyday and you'll always look keen.

I think I'll break off with my girlfriend.
Her antics are queer, I'll admit.
Each time I say, "Darling, I love you,"
She tells me that I'm full of . . .

Our baby fell out of the window.
You'd think that her head would be split.
But good luck was with her that morning.
She fell in a barrel of . . .

An old lady died in a bathtub.
She died from a terrible fit.
In order to fulfill her wishes,
She was buried in six feet of . . .

When I was in France with the army,
One day I looked into my kit.
I thought I would find me a sandwich,
But the darn thing was loaded with . . .

And now, folks, my story is ended.
I think it is time I should quit.
If any of you feel offended,
Stick your head in a barrel of . . .

(First recorded in 1946, but finally hit the Billboard charts in
1975. Appears in several collections including some by "Dr. Demento."
Countless additional "folk" verses have appeared.)

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