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Thread #78092 Message #3997205
Posted By: GUEST,Guest
20-Jun-19 - 06:27 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's
My mother used to sing a variation of these lyrics. She was born in 1925, and I remember her singing this song when I was about 4 in 1955: "Looking through a knothole, in grandpa's wooden leg, I slipped and broke my eyebrow on the pavement. Go get the Listerine, sister wants a beau, But the beau's best friend is his mother." Since I was about 4 or 5, "beau" could have been "bowl", and in the last line, "beau's" could have been "boy's". However, what I thought I heard made/makes the most sense to me, and it's what still runs through my head. I don't remember hearing any more lines to the song. Very interesting reading the different lyrics that other people know.