It Took a Long Time to Get It Hairy

DESCRIPTION: "It took a long time to get it hairy, 'Twas a long time to grow; ... For the toothbrush hairs to show. Goodbye, Charlie Chaplin, Farewell, tufts of hair, 'Twas a long, long time to get it hairy, But now my lip's quite bare."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1917 (Nettleingham-TommysTunes)
KEYWORDS: soldier derivative hair | mustache shaving
FOUND IN: Britain
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Nettleingham-TommysTunes, #4, "The Little Bit of Fluff" (1 text, tune referenced)
Pegler-SoldiersSongsAndSlangoftheGreatWar, p. 234, "That's the Wrong Way to Tickle Mary" (1 text, containing the first [first] verses of "Wrong Way to Tickle Marie" and "It Took a Long Time to Get It Hairy"; tune referenced)
Roud #10797
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary" (tune) and references there
File: NeTT004

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