TUNESMITH TUESDAY - "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"

A little backstory:  The lyrics were written by Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel, and the song was performed by Thurl Ravenscroft (best known for this and for the voice of Kellogg's Tony the Tiger). Because Ravenscroft wasn't credited in the closing credits of the TV special, it was often mistakenly attributed to Boris Karloff, who served as narrator and the voice of the Grinch (but who himself could not sing). Until Ravenscroft was publicly credited, Tennessee Ernie Ford was also speculated to be the voice behind the song.

You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch

You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch

You really are a heel

You're as cuddly as a cactus

You're as charming as an eel, Mr. Grinch

You're a bad banana

With a greasy black peel

You're a monster, Mr. Grinch

Your heart's an empty hole

Your brain is full of spiders

You've got garlic in your soul, Mr. Grinch

I wouldn't touch you

With a thirty-nine-and-a-half foot pole

You're a vile one, Mr. Grinch

You have termites in your smile

You have all the tender sweetness

Of a seasick crocodile, Mr. Grinch

Given the choice between the two of you

I'd take the seasick crocodile

You're a foul one, Mr. Grinch

You're a nasty, wasty skunk

Your heart is full of unwashed socks

Your soul is full of gunk, Mr. Grinch

The three words that best describe you

Are as follows, and I quote:

"Stink. Stank. Stunk."

You're a rotter, Mr. Grinch

You're the king of sinful sots

Your heart's a dead tomato splotched

With moldy purple spots, Mr. Grinch

Your soul is an appalling dump heap

Overflowing with the most disgraceful assortment

Of deplorable rubbish imaginable

Mangled up in tangled-up knots

You nauseate me, Mr. Grinch

With a nauseous super-naus

You're a crooked, jerky jockey

And you drive a crooked hoss, Mr. Grinch

You're a three-decker sauerkraut and toadstool sandwich

With arsenic sauce