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Thread #1411   Message #516539
Posted By: jeanenepratt
28-Jul-01 - 03:15 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Grandma's Lye Soap
Subject: RE: Grandma's Lye Soap
The song is sung on an old comedy record called "In The Book," which is a parody of an old time preacher. [He uses Little Bo Peep as a text for his sermon and for scriptural reading uses the text, "Esau is an hairy man while I am a clean man." Grandma's Lyesoap is the congregational hymn.

The only verse I can think of right now is the Mrs. O'Malley verse, but the chorus goes something like this:

O let us sing right out for Grandma's lye soap [da da da] -- everything in the place. Pots and pans, the dirty dishes, For your hands and for your face.