TUNESMITH TUESDAY - "Lily the Pink" by the Irish Rovers

Lily the Pink

Chorus:

We'll drink a drink a drink

To Lily the pink the pink the pink

The savior of the human race.

She invented medicinal compounds.

Most efficacious in every case.

Now here's a story

A little bit gory

A little bit happy

A little bit sad

Of Lily the pink and

Her medicinal compounds.

And how it drove us raving mad.

Ol' Ebenezer

Thought he was Julius Ceasar

So they put him in the home.

There they gave him medicinal compounds,

Now he's Emporer of Rome.

(Chorus)

Freddy Klinger.

The opera singer

Could break a glass with his voice

'Tis said.

Rubbed his tonsils

With medicinal compounds

Now they break glasses over his head.

Johnny Hammer

Had a t-t-terrible stammer.

He could hardly s-s-say a word.

So they... g-g-gave him

Medicinal compounds.

Now he's s-s-seen

But never heard.

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Uncle Paul, he

Was very small, he

Was the shortest man in town.

Rubbed his body

With medicinal compounds.

Now he weighs only half a crummy little pound.

Lily died and

Went up to heaven.

All the church bells

They did ring.

She took with her

That Medicinal compounds.

Hark the herald angels sing.

(Chorus)