Posted by maribel acosta on January 08, 2006 at 21:56:46:
In Reply to: Re: HELP re: a Bilboard camp song posted by laurie bartels on December 07, 2005 at 21:22:23:
OLD DAD WANTS TO SING THIS FAVORITE CAMP SONG AT A TALENT SHOW. HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED ASAP Does anyone know the billboard song that goes:
: : : : "As I was walking down the street a billboard caught my eye...the advertisements written make you want to laugh and cry. The wind and raind came up that night and washed the billboard 'way.
: : : : (the other half remaining???) would make it seem to say "smoke a coca cola, tomota catsup cigarettes, castoria kills the measles...just pay $5 down..overcoats are selling out a nickel at a time...."
: : : : THANKS!
: : We just went over this in school and i wrote the whole song down (homework). Well any ways i was hoping you could tell me when the song was written if i gave you the words.
: : Alright here it goes!
: : As I was walking down the street,
: : A billboard caught my eye.
: : and what was on that billboard will make you laugh and cry.
: : The wind and rain had come that day and washed it half away
: : And what was on that billboard was what i have to say
: : Come smoke a Coca-Cola
: : drink Ketchup cigarettes
: : see lillian russell wrestle with a box of oysterettes
: : Meet pork and beans tonight in their final fight
: : and john browns lecture on polio right
: : (second verse)
: : Bay rum is good for horses
: : it is the best in town
: : Castor oil cures the measles pay five dollars down
: : teeth extracted without pain for a half a dime
: : big bens are selling now a little out of time
: : HEY!