I recorded THERE'S NO ONE WITH ENDURANCE LIKE THE MAN WHO SELLS INSURANCE, on my LP Cheating the Tide.

I used to be as happy as a squirrel in a tree,
Till a man who sold insurance made a nervous wreck of me.
He followed me persistently, and if I'm put away,
That man who sold insurance made me what I am today.

CHORUS: For there's no one with endurance
Like the man who sells insurance.
He's everybody's best friend.
He's sweeter than molasses,
And when he puts on his glasses,
He gets us all in the end.

One day at Coney island when I went in for a swim,
A man swam up beside me who was no one else but him.
Says he to me, "I'm glad to see you love the ocean wave,
But our twenty-year endowment is the only way to save."

One day I saw him coming so I quickly climbed a tree,
But George Insurance saw me too and climbed up after me.
Says he to me up in the tree, "I'm fond of nature too,
But our twenty-year endowment is the only thing for you."

I even spent a night in jail in my desire to hide,
But in the morning George Insurance waited just outside.
He followed me persistently, and if I'm put away,
That bird who sold insurance made me what I am today.

I believe the Ocean Wave used to be an insurance company. I recorded this on GVR 227, Greenwich Village Recordings.