Palm Beach=cheese sandwich (1942); Waco=Dr. Pepper (1938)

[Marc Sacks]

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>
> Dear kindly social worker,
> They say go earn a buck.*
> Like be a **soda jerker**,
> Which means like be a schmuck. *
> It's not I'm anti-social,
> I'm only anti-work.
> Gloryosky! That's why I'm a jerk!
>
That must be the uncensored (or maybe the movie?) version. On the
original-cast recording the first four lines are

> Dear kindly social worker,
> They say go earn some dough.*
> Like be a **soda jerker**,
> Which means like be a schmo. *

Marc Sacks
msacks at theworld.com

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