Prune Song, The

DESCRIPTION: "No matter how hard a prune may try, he's always getting wrinkles, Ah baby prunes just like his dad, 'cept he ain't wrinkled half so bad, Wrinkles we get... Prunes they get them every place, No matter how hard a prune may try, he's always getting stewed"
AUTHOR: Frank Crumit and Harry da Costa (source: mudcat.org thread "Frank Crummit? / Frank Crumit (songs)")
EARLIEST DATE: 2005 (mudcat.org thread); the original Crumit recording is said by internet sources to be from 1928
KEYWORDS: food campsong
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, pp. 126, 267, 416, "Prune Song" (notes only)
NOTES [66 words]: The mudcat.org thread "Frank Crummit? / Frank Crumit (songs)" contains a very full version of this, which is about cosmetic surgery and other modern advances, but I do not believe this can be what the campers cited by Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs are singing. The description quotes just the part I have found in camp songbooks. It is derived from the Crumit/DaCosta version, but much shorter. - RBW
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File: ACSF126P

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