I just found the WHOLE song of Grandma’s Lye Soap. I had forgotten about the first part – “It’s In the Book”. I remember – I was in nurses training – in 1952. It was playing on the radio all the time.
Johnny Rivers – It’s Too Late Lyrics
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Grandma’s Lye Soap
From http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/lyrics/lyesoap.htm
written by Johnny Standley and Art Thorsen – maybe early 50s
Do you remember Grandma’s Lye Soap,
Good for everything in the home,
And the secret was in the scrubbing,
It wouldn’t suds, and wouldn’t foam,
Oh, let us sing right out (sing out!)
For Grandma’s Lye Soap,
Sing it out, all over the place!
For pots and pans, and [...]
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