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Thread #140709 Message #4041054
Posted By: Jim Dixon
20-Mar-20 - 09:50 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: 'the vinegar's mother was dead'
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'the vinegar's mother was dead'
From Home Economics Programs by Mrs. Lulu Williams Gillum (Kansas City: The Gillum book company, 1931), page 142:
[I have pieced this together from several "snippets." I probably didn't get the whole thing:]
"She added a zest to the simplest affair— I just can't believe she's dead!"
So full of the spice of life; (Even tho' a wee bit tart) I just can't bear," the red beet wailed "To think that we must part!"
"I've had my day in my own way Down in garden lane. " The cucumber wiped away a tear "I'll never get 'pickled' again!"
There were tears in the potatoes' eyes, And the cabbage hung its head; And hearts were sad in the cellar that night For the vinegar's "Mother" was dead!