“Wizard Oil (II)”
Description
"I have written a song, so give me your attention, And I'll tell you what Wizard's Oil will and won't cure." The product proves capable of dealing with almost anything painful, "And a dollar a bottle is all it does cost."
Notes
In the _Hamlin's Wizard Oil Songbook_ (1890s?), this is credited to "J. D Laurens, Comic Vocalist, expressly for Hamlin's Wizard Oil Company No. 7."
Based on the list of illnesses "cured," one suspects that Wizard's Oil was probably almost-pure alcohol, and that it worked simply by dulling the pain. - RBW
Cross references
- cf. "Wizard Oil (I)"
References
- Randolph 506, "Wizard Oil" (1 text)
- Roud #7592
- BI, R506