Does Your Chewing Gum...?

Day 154: While I'm participating in the Park's winter fitness challenge, walking the same roads and trails repeatedly, I find my iPod helps relieve the monotony. It must be said that my tastes in music are eclectic for one thing, unusual for another. Much of what my iPod contains is either sea shanties or what I refer to as "silly songs." Among the latter, "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour On The Bedpost Overnight?" sung by Lonnie Donegan is a favourite.

I don't recall exactly when it was released, but it was some time during the same era as "Purple People Eater" and "Witch Doctor" when most of my peers were swooning over Elvis Presley, a singer I detested. Even then, my sense of nonsense was strongly developed. Today, it manifests not only in my musical preferences, but also in my photography and in fact, in my attitude toward life. If I may quote myself here, "The world needs more silly."

Does your chewing gum lose its flavour on the bedpost overnight?
If your mother says don't chew it, do you swallow it in spite?
Can you catch it on your tonsils and heave it left and right?
Does your chewing gum lose its flavour on the bedpost overnight?