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Thread #111636   Message #2353435
Posted By: Dancealot
30-May-08 - 08:16 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Sally Weaver/Oh Dear Doctor
Subject: Lyr Add: Sally Weaver
Am I the only person on earth that remembers this? Every junior high beginning pianist knows and plays the tune, but sings it as "Doctor, doctor, can you tell. What will make poor xx-xx well"

My dad played piano in his family band about 1915 and he sang the original lyrics:
Does anyone know any more verses? I know the tune was used as the grand prize puzzle on a Name That Tune type radio show in the 1950's and nobody got it for months. Everybody knows the tune but almost nobody knows its name or the real lyrics.