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Thread #1411   Message #4411
Posted By: Gene Graham
29-Apr-97 - 02:08 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Grandma's Lye Soap
Subject: Lyr Add: GRANDMA'S LYE SOAP (Standley, Thorson)
HI!....This was posted on the net last year....It may also be listed on the Dr. Demento page....

GRANDMA'S LYE SOAP
(John Standley and Art Thorson)

Do you remember Grandma's LyeSoap?
Good for everything, everything in the home
And the secret was in the scrubbin'
It wouldn't suds; It wouldn't foam.

Mrs. O'Mally, Down in the valley
Suffered from ulcers, I understand
She swallowed a cake, of Grandma's LyeSoap
Now she's got the cleanest ulcers in the land!

Little Herman and Brother Thurman
Had an aversion to washing their ears
Grandma scrubbed them with the LyeSoap
And they haven't heard a word in years.

So sing right out for Grandma's LyeSoap
Good for everything in the home
And the secret was in the scrubbin'
'Cause it didn't suds or foam.

So sing right out for Grandma's LyeSoap
(Sing it loud and clear)
Good for everything, everything in the place
The pots and kettles, the dirty dishes
And for the hands and for the face.

[Written by John Standley and Art Thorson/Capitol Records: 1952. He also did "It's in the book!" (Little Bo-Peep)]