(Billy Rose, Marty Bloom and Ernest Breuer)

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Oh me, Oh my, Oh you! Whatever shall I do?
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Hallelujah! The question is peculiar.
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I'd give a lot of dough; if only I could know,
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The answer to my question, is it "yes" or is it "no"?

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Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?
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If your mother says don't chew it, do you swallow it in spite?
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Can you catch it on your tonsils; can you heave it left and right?
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Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?

The nation rose as one, to send their honored son,
To the White House, the nation's only White House.
To voice their discontent unto the President,
Upon the burning question that has swept this continent.

Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost over night?
If you pull it out like rubber, will it snap right back and bite?
If you paste it on the left side, will you find it on the right?
Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost over night?

Here comes the blushing bride, the groom is by her side,
To the altar as steady as Gibraltar.
The groom has got the ring; it's such a pretty thing.
He slips it on her finger and the choir begins to sing:

Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost over night?
Would you use it on your collar when your button's not in sight?
Put your hand beneath your seat and you will find it there all right?
Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost over night?