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Papa's Medicine Show
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Bobbie Gentry
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It doesn't seem so long ago when Papa had his medicine show All the family had a part, I still know them all by heart Everywhere we traveled we sang that little song Just sold enough liniment to barely get along One bottle, two bottle, three bottle, four Mama looks 20 but she's really 84 Look at Papa fiddle, just listen to him play Had a touch of rhuematism just the other day But he threw away his water bottle, put away his pill Aunt Purdy's liniment has cured all his ills One year in Oklahoma Papa was gettin' old There wasn't much demand for medicine shows I still can hear us singin' to a dwindlin' crowd that spring We didn't know that it would be the last time we would sing One bottle, two bottle, buy it by the quart Uncle John used it on his foot and cured a wart All you people sittin' here in the front row Don't you wanna try it, it'll cure a sore toe? Throw away your water bottle, put away your pill Aunt Purdy's liniment'll cure all your ills Papa started ailin' and passed away that fall We all had to pick cotton to pay the funeral hall I never got much schoolin', but I learned one thing for sure There are things in this old life Aunt Purdy's couldn't cure One bottle, two bottle, three bottle, four Mama looks 20 but she's really 84 Look at Papa fiddle, just listen to him play Had a touch of rhuematism just the other day But he threw away his watter bottle, put away his pill Aunt Purdy's liniment has cured all his ills One bottle, two bottle, buy it by the quart Uncle John used it on his foot and cured a wart All you people sittin' here in the front row Don't you wanna try it, it'll cure a sore toe Throw away your water bottle, put away your pill Aunt Purdy's liniment'll cure all your ills One bottle, two bottle, three bottle, four Mama looks 20 but she's really 84 Look at Papa fiddle, just listen to him play Had a touch of rhuematism just the other day
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