Lyr Req: 'feeding paregoric...'

Subject: 'feeding paregoric...'
From: GUEST,Lyle
Date: 07 Dec 01 - 02:56 PM

I am trying to find lyrics to an old, old song that contains the line, "instead of feeding paregoric to some kid who's got the colic, I might have been a dancer in a ballet."

Is this recognizable to anyone??

Thanks in advance,

Lyle

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'feeding paregoric...'
From: Fortunato
Date: 07 Dec 01 - 03:20 PM

Hey Lyle, is it true you and Ray Benson have the same hair stylest?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'feeding paregoric...'
From: GUEST,Lyle
Date: 07 Dec 01 - 04:04 PM

Don't really know, Fortunato; don't remember seeing Ray without his cowboy hat! BG!

Lyle

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'feeding paregoric...'
From: Joe_F
Date: 08 Dec 01 - 11:03 AM

It is conceivable that the following is another fragment (sung, like everything else, to the tune of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic"):

When the baby gets a colic in the middle of the night,
And you hunt the paregoric and you can't find the light...

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'feeding paregoric...'
From: GUEST,Lyle
Date: 08 Dec 01 - 04:16 PM

Thanks, Joe F, but no, not one of those. I believe it was from somewhere in the late 1800's, but I'm not sure. I've looked at all tho old sheet music places I can find, but nothing yet. The tune is of a style that would be similar to that era.

Lyle