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Thread #78092   Message #3369730
Posted By: GUEST
29-Jun-12 - 03:48 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's
My mom, born in 1912, said she sang it as a young child.
Her second verse:

Why do they build the ocean
   so close to the shore?
There's wrinkles even in a young prune.
Father cut your toenails
   You're ripping all the sheets!
My girl's as sweet as sugar, twice as lumpy!