On Thursday, September 25, 1997 12:00:00 AM UTC-7, Dick Vandenberg wrote:   
   > I am searching for lyrics to an old Boy Scout song.  Some of the lyrics that   
   > are known are:   
   >   
   > Oh me, Oh my, he was the thinnest man   
   > Thin as the soup in the boarding house, and the skin of a soft-shelled clam   
   > He fell through the hole in the seat of his pants and choked himself to   
   > death   
   > Sitting one night in the boarding house, the light was burning dimly   
   > A mosquito grabbed him by the neck and pulled him up the chimmey   
   >   
   > Any help w/b appreciated.   
   > DickoV@nospam.email.msn.com   remove the nospam.   
      
   I remember the song from my childhood--here are the lyrics my mother taught:   
   Oh me, oh my there was the thinnest man   
   thin as the glue on a postage stamp or the skin of a soft shell clam   
   oh me oh my   
   one day he lost his breath   
   he fell through the hole in the seat of his pants   
   and he choked himself to death.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)