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THERE'S NO ONE WITH ENDURANCE (LIKE THE MAN WHO SELLS INSURANCE)
(as recorded by Frank Crumit 1935)

I used to be as happy as a squirrel in a tree
Till a man who sold insurance made a nervous wreck of me
He followed me persistently and if I'm put away
That bird who sold insurance made me what I am today

CHORUS: (last 3 lines change)
For there's no-one with endurance
Like the man who sells insurance
He's everybody's best friend
He will follow you and fret you
But remember he will get you
For he gets us all in the end

In spite of every way I tried to leave him in the lurch
He chased me into subways and he followed me to church
I even spent a night in jail in my desire to hide
But in the morning George Insurance waited just outside

CHORUS:....he'll be sweeter than molasses
but when he puts on his glasses
well he gets us all in the end

One day at Coney Island when I went in for a swim
A man swam up beside me who was no-one else but him
Said he to me "I'm glad to see you love the ocean wave
But our 20-year endowment is the only way to save"

CHORUS:... he's always bright and snappy
and no wonder that he's happy
for he gets us all in the end

One day I saw him coming so I quickly climbed a tree
But George Insurance saw me too and he climbed up after me
Said he to me up in the tree: "I'm fond of nature too
But our 20-year endowment is the policy for you"

CHORUS:...and the harder that you make it
Believe me he can take it
For he gets us all in the end


Credit must be shared by my old friend Alan who taped this off his family 78 disk many years ago for me and to my wife who located it.( "If I'd known what you were looking for I could have told you last night where it was")

I'm glad I can contribute something at last other than bad jokes, to make up for what I've learned from other 'Catters.
Roger

Line Breaks added.
-Joe Offer-

^^