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Thread #158343 Message #3744026
Posted By: GUEST,CJB
15-Oct-15 - 03:40 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: I'd Rather Be a Lobster Than a Wise Guy
Subject: Lyr Req: I'd Rather Be A Lobster Than A Wise Guy
Does anyone know the complete song please?
See
http://www.loc.gov/wiseguide/nov09/lobster.html
"I'd rather be a lobster than a wise guy.
I'd rather be a 'good thing' than a sport.
The 'lob' may be a joke
but still he's never broke,
the wise guy is the one who's always short"
sings the chorus of a 1907 tune by composer Theodore Morse and
lyricist Edward Madden
Ending ...
"And the more of life I see,
It really seems to me,
that the lobster is the wise guy after all."
Listen here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISBeU_NIrZ4
CJB