A popular song from 1924.
Words by Billy Rose and Marty Bloom.
Music by Ernest Breuer.
Sheet music provided by Nicholas Leunissen:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Oh! me, Oh! my, Oh! you
I don’t know what to do
Hellelujah! The question is peculiar
It’s got me on the go
I’d give a lot of dough
If someone here would tell me
Is it “yes” or is it “no”
Chorus
“Does the Spearmint lose its flavor
On the bedpost over night?
If you chew it in the morning
Will it be too hard to bite?
Can’t you see I’m going crazy
Won’t somebody put me right?
Does the Spearmint lose its flavor
On the bedpost over night?
- The nation rose as one
And sent it’s fav’rite son
To the White House
This mighty country’s lighthouse
He saw the President
He said that, “I’ve been sent
To solve the burning question
That involves the continent”
Chorus
“Does the Spearmint 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 the Spearmint lose its flavor
On the bedpost over night?
- Here comes the blushing bride
The “boob” right at her side
To the altar as steady as Gibraltar
The bridegroom has the ring
It’s such a pretty thing
He puts it on her finger
And the choir begins to sing
Chorus
“Does the Spearmint 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 the Spearmint lose its flavor
On the bedpost over night?
Sung here by Vancha March: