Leprosy

DESCRIPTION: "Leprosy, ye gods, I've got leprosy." The singer's various body parts fall off into the food or other places, e.g. his left ear falls into the root beer
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1961 (MidwestFolklore)
KEYWORDS: disease humorous derivative
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
MidwestFolklore, Roger Abrahams, "Ghastly Commands: The Cruel Joke Revisited," Volume 11, Number 4 (Winter 1961) p. 238, "(Leprosy, ye gods, I've got leprosy)" (1 text)
File: MWFB238C

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