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VEGETABLE PILL SONG —any more verses out there?

Q VEGETABLE PILL SONG

Q from Carole C. My dad used to sing me a song that his mother sang to him (he would be 89 yrs. old). I remember all the lyrics, but I'm afraid, since I can't carry a tune, I may have it wrong and the song will be lost! We always called it the Vegetable Pill song. I've been looking for some evidence of it for as long as I can remember. Here are some of the words (one verse and the refrain) :

There was an old man and he didn't have his health

And he said I am very ill.

He went downtown on a Sunday afternoon

and he bought some vegetable pills.

Oh, he took twenty-six and he went to bed

And he soon fell fast asleep,

What was his surprise when he opened up his eyes,

He had turned into a big red beet.

Refrain

Oh, if you do

You'll surely rue

How strange to you it would seem.

How funny it would look

if you strung upon a hook and you turned into a lima bean.