Song Lyrics Unknown - Sweet Violets    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> U>> Unknown Singer Lyrics [Unknown other resources]>> Sweet Violets Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Unknown Music Title/Track: Sweet Violets Theme ID: 5611 Album: N/A SWEET VIOLETS My wife, she died in the bathtub, she died of a terrible fit, To fulfill her very last wishes, she was buried in six feet of... chorus: Sweet violets, sweeter than all the roses, Covered all over from head to foot, covered all over with snow. My wife puts a sack in the garden, I'm curious I will admit, One morning I sneaked out a handful, I found it was nothing but... There was a young fellow from Sparta, who could flatulate ballads and airs, He could blow out a Mozart sonata, and accompany musical chairs; One day he attempted an opera - it was hard, but he just wouldn't quit - With his head held aloft, he suddenly coughed - he collapsed in a mountain of... I know that these verses are scanty, the rhyme seems too much for my wit, I start out like Shakespeare and Dante, but somehow I end up with... And now that my story is ended, and I must make my exit, If any of you feel offended, stick your head in a barrel of... Sweet violets, sweeter than all the roses, Covered all over from head to foot, covered all over with... Sweet violets, sweeter than all the roses, Covered all over from head to foot, covered all over with snow. Note: I transcribed this from Oscar Brand's album _Bawdy Song and Backroom Ballads Volume 4_, on the Audio Fidelity label. Last time I checked (about 3 years ago) some of the volumes in this collection (including Volume 4) were still available; I ordered mine through Musicland, and paid $4 for it. New. There's no copyright date on the album, but I believe it was released in the late 50's or early 60's. A similar song exists called "Shaving Cream", which replaces the chorus with "Shaving cream, be nice and clean, shave every day and you'll always look keen". I believe the song was on an album by the name of Looney Tunes, but I'm not sure; my copy has long since wandered off... (alas, the only copy of My Boomarang Won't Come Back which I've ever heard... anyone have the lyrics for *that*? JY See also BUTBRASS, CLEANSNG @bawdy @flowers filename[ SWTVILT play.exe SWTVILT JY ===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Take Me Out To The Ball Game, Take Your Fingers Off It, Talk About Suffering, Talking Unamerican Blues, Tall Timbers, Tallow Candles Or Song Of A Doomed Man, Tam Lin, Tamlin, Tammany, Tanqueray Martinis Oh, Tanzania Anthem Text, Tanzania Native Anthem Text, Taras Harp, Tarpaulin Jacket, Tarry Sailor, Tarry Trousers, Tarry Wool, Tea Shanty, Ted Kennedy Song, Teddy Bears Picnic, Tee Roo, Tell Poor Lou Im Gone Nigger Lou, Telling Takes Me Home, Ten Oclock And All Is Well, Ten Thousand Cattle, Ten Thousand Goddam Cattle, Ten Thousand Miles, Tenderfoot, Tennessee Stud, Tenpound Radio, Tenting Tonight On The Old Campground, Terror Time, Test Of Time, TFfe Kule GuttegaeRne Jenter, Thais, That Crazy War, Thats Why We Praise Him, Thats What I want, Thats All, Thats The Ticket, Thats What You Get For Loving Me, The Ants Go Marching, The Candy Man, The Fields Of Athenry, The First Noel, The Girl From Ipanema Garota De Ipanema, The Grinch Song, The Little Drummer Boy, The Monkeys Disgrace, The Nails On Your Hands, Other Unknown song Lyrics 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall Lyrics A Bird in a Gilded Cage Lyrics A Fenian Song Lyrics A Fool Such As I Lyrics A Friend Like You Lyrics A Hero of the Wrong War Lyrics A Horse Named Bill Lyrics A Hundred Years from Now Lyrics A Kangaroo Sat on an Oak Lyrics A Little Bit of Solitude Lyrics A Living Wage Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Unknown Prophets Lyrics Unleashed Lyrics Unleashed Power Lyrics Unlimited Nation Lyrics Unlimited Sound Lyrics UNLOCO Lyrics Unlord Lyrics UNLV Lyrics Unni Wilhelmsen Lyrics Uno Svenningsson Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy