Perfect Posture

DESCRIPTION: "Perfect posture! Perfect posture! Do not slump, do not slump, You must grow up handsome, You must grow up handsome, Hide that hump! hide that hump!"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1927 (Harbin-Parodology)
KEYWORDS: nonballad disability campsong derivative
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REFERENCES (4 citations):
Pankake/Pankake-PrairieHomeCompanionFolkSongBook, p. 74, "Perfect Posture" (1 text, tune referenced)
Harbin-Parodology, #339, p. 84, "Perfect Posture" (1 text, tune referenced)
Rodeheaver-SociabilitySongs, p. 121, "Perfect Posture" (1 text, tune referenced)
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, pp. 263, 379, 436, 514, "Perfect Posture" (notes only)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Frere Jacques (Are You Sleeping; Brother John)" (tune) and references there
File: Paro339

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