A popular song from 1916 Words by Chas. McCarron Music by Albert Von Tilzer
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Chorus:
Eat and grow thin, eat and grow thin
Everybody’s on that diet
It’s goin’ to start a riot
‘Cause the poor fools won’t follow the rules
They eat up every dish
Everything from soup to fish
It’s really no use, they’ll never reduce
All their life they’ll have a double chin
One fat girl whose name is May
Six months ate six meals a day
And now she looks like a bale of hay
From trying to eat and grow thin
Chorus:
Eat and grow thin, eat and grow thin
Everybody’s on that diet
It’s goin’ to start a riot
One girl named Dean ate pickles and cream
And now the doctors state
“Shall we blast or operate?”
It’s really no use, she’ll never reduce
All her life she’ll have a double chin
One poor girl, a newly wed
Ate five loaves of her own bread
For her last Sunday, some prayers were said
From trying to eat and grow thin
Sung by Vancha March: