[IL-Talk] IABS Idol - Battle of the Chapters - At Large "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose its Flavor"

[Glenn III]

Yeah, I wasn't familiar with the song before. It seems like the live
version is more common, but I thought it would be easiest to stick to the
lyrics first posted...it wasn't too hard to find that on YouTube.

On Wed, Oct 4, 2023, 3:38 PM Deborah Kent Stein via IL-Talk <
il-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

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> Thanks for sending this! I never heard this version before.
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> Subject: [IL-Talk] IABS Idol - Battle of the Chapters - At Large "Does Your
> Chewing Gum Lose its Flavor"
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> Good afternoon IL-Talk.
>
> For IABS Idol's Battle of the Chapters, At Large is singing "Does your
> Chewing Gum lose its flavor" by Lonnie Donnigan. I too wasn't familiar with
> the song, but it's actually pretty catchy.
>
> Leslie posted a youtube link earlier but that live version had different
> lyrics than Dave posted. so, this album version with the same lyrics will
> be
> what we use as the backing track:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-nq4Xkntus
>
> And, here, again, are the lyrics:
>
> Oh me, oh my, oh you
> Whatever shall I do?
> Hallelujah,
> The question is peculiar
> I'd give a lot of dough
> If only I could know
> The answer to my question
> Is it yes or is it no?
>
> Does your chewing gum lose its flavor
> on the bedpost overnight?
> If your mother says don't chew it,
> Do you swallow it in spite?
> Can you catch it on your tonsils,
> Can you heave it left & right?
> Does your chewing gum lose its flavor
> on the bedpost overnight?
>
> Here comes a blushing bride
> The groom is by her side
> Up to the altar,
> Just as steady as Gibraltar
> The groom has got the ring
> And it's such a pretty thing
> But as he slips it on her finger
> The choir begins to sing:
>
> Does your chewing gum lose its flavor
> on the bedpost overnight?
> If your mother says don't chew it,
> Do you swallow it in spite?
> Can you catch it on your tonsils,
> Can you heave it left & right?
> Does your chewing gum lose its flavor
> on the bedpost overnight?
>
> Now the nation rise as one
> To send their wanted [honored] son
> Up to the White House, yes,
> The nation's only White House
> To voice their discontent
> Unto the Pres-I-dent
> The bonny burning question,
> What has swept this continent?
>
> If tin whistles are made of tin,
> What do they make fog horns out of?
> Boom boom
>
> Does your chewing gum lose its flavor
> On the bedpost overnight?
> If your mother says don't chew it,
> Do you swallow it in spite?
> Can you catch it on your tonsils,
> Can you heave it left & right?
> Does your chewing gum lose its flavor
> On the bedpost overnight?
> On the bedpost overnight
>
> Hello there, I love you
> and I wanna hold you tight!
> Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
> Thursday, Friday, Sat'day night
>
> On the bedpost overnight
>
> A dollar is a dollar
> & a dime is a dime!
> He'd sing another chorus
> But he hasn't got the time
>
> On the bedpost overnight, yeah!
> -Glenn Moore III
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