The answer? It gets caught on your tonsils and it hangs there day and night!!! Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor on the Bedpost Overnight? Hallelujah! Can you catch it on your tonsils? Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavour: Lonnie Donnegan. On the bedpost over night? Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?!?!?!! D The answer to my question, D7 G Is it yes or is it no? Does the spearmint lose its flavor. F C G7 C Hallelu...jah, the question is peculiar. "Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?" It goes: Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight? Top of the charts in 1959. Can you heave it left and right? CHORUS: G C Does your chewing gum lose its flavor G7 on the bedpost overnight? And your mother said don't chew it, but you swallow it in spite. Chewing gum's flavor is dispersed by your saliva, so chewing gum on the bedpost becomes hard and dry, making it difficult to chew. hose of you at a certain age (meaning old) will no doubt remember the song, “Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour?” It was a single released in 1959 and sung by Lonnie Donegan. #1. Chorus: Does your chewing gum lose its flavor On the bedpost overnight? Composed by Rose, Billy,Bloom, Marty,Breuer, Ernest; Doodle Doo Doo Composed by Stitzel, Mel,Kassel, Art; Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh Composed by Lou Busch;Lyrics by Allan Sherman; Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini Composed by Lee Pockriss,Paul J. Vance C G7 C Oh-me, oh-my, oh,you. Does your chewing gum lose its flavour On the bedpost overnight? C G7 C Oh-me, oh-my, oh,you.G7 C Whatever shall I do?F C G7 C Hallelu...jah, the question is peculiar.C G7 C I'd give a lot of dough, C G7 C If only I could know.D The answer to my question, D7 G Is it yes or is it no?Chorus: G C Does your chewing gum lose its flavor G7 on the bedpost overnight? as the BBC, not wanting to risk breaching trademark laws, refused to play it. Oh me, oh my, oh you, Whatever shall I do? In 1959, skiffle artist Lonnie ... Breuer, and Bloom song "Does the Spearmint Lose its Flavor on the Bedpost Overnight?" The question is peculiar, I'd give a lot of dough, If only I could know The answer to my question, Is it yes or is it no? Yeehawwwww!!!! Will it be too hard to bite. An absolute classic of the skiffle genre and a song I've been playing for many years. If your mother says, don't chew it Do you swallow it in spite? On the bedpost over night? My father taught me that song when I was a kid!! Does the spearmint lose its flavor. Can't you see I'm going crazy, Won't somebody put me right. ! Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavour: Lonnie Donnegan. When your mother says don't chew it, G7 C Whatever shall I do? If you chew it in the morning. Does your chewing gum lose its flavour On the bedpost overnight? questions a 1959 song by skiffle artist Lonnie Donegan. Does your chewing gum lose its flavour On the bedpost overnight? #1. On the bedpost overnight Hello there, I love you and the one who holds you tight Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday, Friday, Saturday night On the bedpost overnight A dollar is a dollar and a dime is a dime C G7 C I'd give a lot of dough, C G7 C If only I could know. DOES YOUR CHEWING GUM LOSE ITS FLAVOR ON THE BEDPOST OVERNIGHT? Well, yes and no. Top of the charts in 1959.