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Aspidistra Piano Stool Advert in PPCo Catalog
By Bob Loesch

[ John Dewey wrote in 140730 MMD --

> The caption was something like: "If you have the worlds largest
> Aspidistra we have the place to put it."

I remember that advert, which was for the piano roll of "She's Got the
Biggest Aspidistra in the World", a novelty song about a house plant,
with lyrics sprinkled with many doubles-entendre.  The picture in the
advert was of a lady with, shall we say, an ample posterior.  Somewhere
I have a copy of that roll, as should we all!

Bob Loesch
Northern California, USA

 [ "The Biggest Aspidistra In The World", by Will E. Haines, Jimmy
 [ Harper and Tommy Connor (1928).  Performed by Gracie Fields.
 [ -- Robbie

 [ www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XROMw3Z4e0Q    Gracie Fields Video
 [ www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHN-ZQzkJJUQ    Gracie Fields Video
 [ https://community.musixmatch.com/lyrics/Gracie-Fields/The-Biggest-Aspidistra-In-the-World-(Digitally-Remastered) 
 [ The last link includes the written lyrics.   --Jody


(Message sent Sun 3 Aug 2014, 16:52:15 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

Key Words in Subject:  Advert, Aspidistra, Catalog, Piano, PPCo, Stool

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