Various Artists — The Anti-Polio Picnic

MRS VERNON-WILLIAMS: Good morning, Good morning I'm Mrs Vernon-Williams, president of the Baltimore Women's club, and welcome to the Baltimore heath department's first ever Anti-Polio Picnic and vaccination carnival! (Yay!) ALL: It's a beautiful day for an anti-polio picnic! (Picnic!) It's a beautiful day to get a polio shot! A brave new world's in store For picturesque post-war Baltimore MRS VERNON-WILLIAMS: And if you value the use of your legs All: You came to the right spot MRS VERNON-WILLIAMS (Spoken): I'm proud to say that the Baltimore women's club has come out against Polio by a vote of 56-8! (Yay!) ALL What a wonderful time to be a teenage conformist! (conformist!) What a wonderful time to be what's known as a square (We are square!) We're lucky to be us So happy and homogeneous MRS VERNON-WILLIAMS: But still one must take care for danger's lurking ALL: Everywhere! BALDWIN: Oh we know Miss VW, you can't be too careful! ALL: We watch for communists Keep tabs on UFOs Steer clear of weirdos And beardos And beatniks MRS VERNON-WILLIAMS: And what else, God only knows! ALL: We frown on potty mouth We don't wear skimpy clothes (No! No!) We avoid all temptation We combat modern scourges We repress all our lustful and primitive urges MRS VERNON-WILLIAMS (Spoken): And my Granddaughter Allison will present, in his iron lung, the mascot of our carnival and Baltimore's polio poster boy of the year, brave little Skippy Wagstaffe! Skippy (Spoken): Thanks everybody, I sure wish I could have gotten that shot ALL: So come on along to the Anti-Polio Picnic (Anti-Polio Picnic!) Come on along and protect yourself from disease (ow...Disease!) You're going to be fine, just do what you're told and tow the line You got to watch your step in times like these (Yes!) You got to watch your step in times like these-