The BILLBOARD SONG

Version 1
While strolling down the street one day a billboard caught my eye
the advertisement on that board would make you laugh or cry
It seems as though the rain had washed one half that board away
The other half remaining there made the bill board say

Smoke a cocoa cola, drink  ketchup cigarettes
see Lillian Russell wrestle a box of casterettes (or oysterettes)
For that tired feeling buy on the installment plan
for that am the ham what am

The gold dust twins can do your work take home an Arrow Shirt
See johnston and fadelia ?? they will cure you of your pain
Buy Carter's Little Liver Pills it's sure to clear your drain.
Anheizer Busch and Schlitz will dance and do the red raven splits.

Version 2
As I was walking down the street a billboard met my eye.
The advertising that was there would make you laugh or cry.
The wind and rain had al-most washed that old billboard a-way.
But the advertising painted there would have that billboard say:

Have a smoke of Coca-Cola. Chew catsup cig-a-rette's.
Watch Lillian Russell wrestle with a box of Cascarets.
Pork and beans will meet to-night in a finish fight.
Hear Chauncey DePeeuw speak upon sapolio to-night.

Bay rum is good for horses; it is the best in town.
Castoria cures the mesles, if you pay ten dollars down.
Teeth extracted without pain, a nickel or a half-a-dime.
Ingersolls are sell-ing now, a little behind the times.

Chew Wrigleys for that head-ache. Eat Campbells for that cough.
There's going to be a swimming bee at the village watering trough.
Buy a case of ginger-ale, it makes the best of broth.
Shinola's good to curl the hair, it will not rub it off!

Version 3
As I was walking down the street one dark and gloomy day
I came upon a bill-board and much to my dismay
The sign was torn and tattered from the storm the night be-fore
The wind and rain had done it's work and this is what I saw:

Smoke Coca-Cola cigarettes, chew Wrigley's Spearmint beer,
Ken-L Ration Dog Food keeps your wife's complexion clear
Simonize your baby with a Hershey's candy ba
And Texaco's the beauth cream that's used by all the stars.

So take your next vacation in a brand new Frigidaire
Learn to play the piano in your winter underwear
Doctors say that babies should smoke until they are three
And people over 65 should bathe in Lipton Tea.