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Thread #26118   Message #4216187
Posted By: GUEST
29-Jan-25 - 08:49 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother
My grandfather (b. 1896) taught me the following as his "shaving song":

Standing on a toothpick
        Listening to the oysters’ gurgling sound
Quick! Get an axe
        There’s a fly on baby’s nose
A girl’s best friend is her mother.