About: Lily the Pink (song)

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"Lily the Pink" is a 1968 song released by the UK comedy group The Scaffold, which reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart. It is a modernisation of an older folk song titled "The Ballad of Lydia Pinkham". The lyrics celebrate the "medicinal compound" invented by Lily the Pink, and humorously chronicle the "efficacious" cures it has brought about, such as inducing morbid obesity to cure a weak appetite, or bringing about a sex change as a remedy for freckles.

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  • Lily the Pink ist ein Spaßlied der englischen Komikertruppe The Scaffold und war im Jahr 1968 ihr größter Hit. (de)
  • "Lily the Pink" is a 1968 song released by the UK comedy group The Scaffold, which reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart. It is a modernisation of an older folk song titled "The Ballad of Lydia Pinkham". The lyrics celebrate the "medicinal compound" invented by Lily the Pink, and humorously chronicle the "efficacious" cures it has brought about, such as inducing morbid obesity to cure a weak appetite, or bringing about a sex change as a remedy for freckles. (en)
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  • L. The P. (en)
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  • Parlophone R 5734 (en)
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  • Lily the Pink (en)
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  • November 1968 (en)
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  • Lily the Pink ist ein Spaßlied der englischen Komikertruppe The Scaffold und war im Jahr 1968 ihr größter Hit. (de)
  • "Lily the Pink" is a 1968 song released by the UK comedy group The Scaffold, which reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart. It is a modernisation of an older folk song titled "The Ballad of Lydia Pinkham". The lyrics celebrate the "medicinal compound" invented by Lily the Pink, and humorously chronicle the "efficacious" cures it has brought about, such as inducing morbid obesity to cure a weak appetite, or bringing about a sex change as a remedy for freckles. (en)
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  • Lily the Pink (de)
  • Lily the Pink (song) (en)
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  • Lily the Pink (en)
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