A variation on the shaving cream song

[Garson O'Toole]

Wilson Gray wrote
> This has the same tune as another song of this type from the '50's,
> Sweet Violets, by Dinah Shore:
>
> Sweet violets
> Sweeter than the roses
> Covered all over from head to toe
> Covered all over with sweet violets
> There once was a farmer who took a young miss
> In back of the barn to give her a lecture
> On horses and cows and chickens and eggs

Thanks for mentioning this entertaining song, Wilson. YouTube has a
version of Sweet Violets sung by Dinah Shore. Here is a link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtnLvrmyh3E

Wikipedia has an entry for Sweet Violets that is written in a language
resembling English.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Violets

Wilson Gray message continued:
> And told her that she had such beautiful
> Manners that befitted a girl of her charms
> A girl that he wanted to take in his
> Washing and ironing and then if she did
> They would get married and raise lots of
> Sweet violets
> Sweeter than the roses
> Covered all over from head to toe
> Covered all over with sweet violets
> The girl told the farmer that he'd better stop
> And she called her father and he called a
> Taxi and got there, before very long
> 'Cause someone was doin' his sweet, little girl
> Right for a change, and so that's why he said
> If you marry her, son, you're better off single
> 'Cause it's always been my belief
> Marriage will bring a man nothing but
> Sweet violets
> Sweeter than the roses
> Covered all over from head to toe
> Covered all over with sweet violets
> The farmer decided he'd wed, anyway
> And started in planning for his wedding
> Suit, which he purchased for only one buck
> But then he found out he was all out of
> Money and so he got left in the lurch
> A-standin' and waitin' in front of the
> End of the story which just goes to show
> All a girl wants from a man is his
> Sweet violets
> Sweeter than the roses
> Covered all over from head to toe
> Covered all over with sweet violets
> Sweet violets
>
>
> There's yet another version called The Shaving-Cream Song?
>
> Youneverknow,
>
> --
> -Wilson
> -----
> All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
> to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
> -Mark Twain
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