It wasn't all serious times during the forties. There was still time to enjoy jokes and just plain nonsense, like for instance this lyric from a popular song of the day.

DOES THE SPEARMINT LOSE ITS FLAVOR ON THE BEDPOST OVER NIGHT by Rose, Bloom, and Breuer as sung by Billy Jones & Ernest Hare

Oh me, oh my, oh you.
I don't know what to do.
Hallelujah, the question is peculiar.
It's got me on the go
I'd give a lot of dough
If someone here would tell me, is it yes or is it no:
Does the spearmint lose its flavor on the bedpost over night?
If you chew it in the morning will it be too hard to bite?
Can't you see I'm going crazy? Won't somebody put me right?
Does the spearmint lose its flavor on the bedpost over night?
The nation rose as one
And sent it's favorite son
To the white house, this mighty country's light-house.
He saw the president
He said that I've been sent
To solve the burning question that involves the continent:
Does the spearmint lose its flavor on the bedpost over night?
Would you use it on your collar when your button's not in sight?
Put your hand beneath your seat
And you will find it there all right.
Does the spearmint lose its flavor on the bedpost over night?
Does the spearmint lose its flavor on the bedpost over night?
If your teacher tells you not to chew it, swallow it for spite.
Could you grab it with your tonsils
And then swing it left and right?
Does the spearmint lose its flavor on the bedpost over night?
Here comes the blushing bride
The groom right at her side
To the altar, as steady as Gibraltar.
The bridegroom has the ring
It's such a pretty thing
He puts it on her finger and the choir begins to sing:
Does the spearmint lose its flavor on the bedpost over night?
Always paste it on your napkin if you want to be polite.
Could you get a job as typist if you couldn't chew it right?
Does the spearmint lose its flavor on the bedpost over night?
Does the spearmint lose its flavor on the bedpost over night?
Will it make a fellow shut up when he's dying to recite?
Would you give it to your parrot if he isn't perching right?
Does the spearmint lose its flavor on the bedpost over night?