"Leprosy" brain dump: Have fun, all.   ---Bob

First, to correct the above title typo: it's "Jalousie" (Gade's original instrumental title) or "Jealousy" (in the English version). In Spanish this tango is known as "Celos."

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I have not found a source for the whole parody. Parody words encountered on various sites:

Leprosy, you're getting the best of me
There goes my eyeball ... into my highball!

There goes my finger ... it will not linger!
OR
There goes my left ear into my fresh beer
OR
There goes my ear / into my root beer..."

"There goes my eye / into my pie..."

Leprosy,
It's crawling all over me,
A bit of pink percale
Is floating in my ginger ale,,,

I'll add a line that occurred to me: Leprosy, I need your sympathy...
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Here's the version sung by Frankie Laine (but it was sung by Kathryn Grayson in the film "Anchors Aweigh" way back in 1945, and maybe before that):

Jealousy (Jalousie)
-Artist: Frankie Laine as sung on "Frankie Laine's Greatest Hits"
-Columbia CS 8636
-peak Billboard position # 3 in 1951
Sung in Anchors Aweigh by Kathryn Grayson, 1945
-Words by Vera Bloom and Jacob Gade

Jealousy, night and day you torture me
I sometimes wonder
If this spell that I'm under
Can only be a melody
For I know no one but me has won your heart, but
When the music starts, my peace departs

From the moment they play that lovely strain
And we surrender to all its charm again
This jealousy that tortures me is ecstasy, mystery, pain

We dance to a tango of love
Your heart beats with mine as we sway
Your eyes give the answer I'm dreaming of
That soft word your cruel lips will never say

I fear that the music will end
And shatter the spell it may lend
To make me believe when your eyes just deceive
But it's only the tango you love

I fear that the music will end
And shatter the spell it may lend
To make me believe when your eyes just deceive
And it's only the tango you love

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Now for some leprosy songs I encountered while searching. Might be of interest. First the common "Yesterday" parody sung by scouts and so forth. Noe "my arm fell off" -- is this the one sought by Brad3555 at the top of this thread?

"Yesterday" Based on the performance by The Beatles
"Leprosy" Parody by Phantom Hitchhiker

Leprosy,
That old rotten man just touched my knee,
Now my flesh is falling off of me,
Oh, I think I got leprosy,
Suddenly
I'm just half the man I used to be,
There are pieces coming off of me,
Yes, leprosy came suddenly,
Why'd my arm fall off?
I don't know, no one will say,
I know something's wrong,
'cause my leg just walked away (without me.)
Yesterday,
I could always lounge the time away,
Now my bed is in a slimy way,
Oh, leprosy's ruined my day,
Why did I get cursed
with this rot? I need to hide,
I'm sure I'm diseased
for my spleen fell out my side. (ooooohhhh.)
Leprosy
has become a big problem for me,
All my friends now run away from me,
Oh how I hate this leprosy,
Ewwwwwwww, this is gross.

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Next, from a camp & scout song website. This song may have some folk-type parody lyric at its core, but has clearly been doctored up a bit. Seemed a likely source for HER ARM FELL OFF but doesn't use the phrase.
TEEN LEPER

http://worldofkevin.com/troop48/SONGS.HTM

Done in the form of a bad 50's teenage love song. Before each verse the background is sung by itself loudly once and then continues softly under the lead part. The background vocals are sung throughout the verse and spoken parts, but not during the choruses. A group does the backgrounds while a soloist does the verses and spoken parts. Everyone on stage does the choruses. Generally the audience just listens to the song rather than singing along.

BACKGROUND VOCAL

Leprosy, leprosy, leprosy, leprosy
Leprosy, leprosy, rot, rot (repeat as often as necesary)
LEAD PART
    VERSE 1

My Mary... had leprosy
She gave... her high high school ring to me
My ring... around her neck she wore
Because she didn't have... any fingers anymore
    SPOKEN PART 1

I'll never forget the first time I saw Mary.
She was coming out of history class when she dropped her left thumb.
As I leaned over to pick it up for her, she smiled that toothless smile
In a way that could only mean "I love you."
CHORUS 1

Mary, Mary I love you true
Every rotten part of you
My Mary
SPOKEN PART 2

I told my folks I was in love.
All they said was "But you're too young to be in love".
I told them that teenagers could feel love too, and they said
"But Mary's different. Mary has leprosy!"
I tried to tell them all teenagers have skin problems,
But they just wouldn't listen.
CHORUS 2

Mary, Mary we'll heal those scabs
Have you tried new Acne-tabs
My Mary
SPOKEN PART 3

They finally took my Mary away to a colony across the sea.
She'll always be very dear to me, and I'll always love her.
CHORUS 3

Mary, Mary come back to me
Come back from that colony
My Mary.
SPOKEN PART 4

I just got word in the mail today,
My Mary had finally rotted away.
Beside her pile of clothes they found two things:
A note that said "I love you."    (pause, including the background, and then sing the last line)
And my high school ring
CHORUS 4

Mary you'll always be my queen
even if I live to be nineteen
My Mary
(do the background vocals two more times, three rots the last time)


The Search Continues.....GAAAAH!