what the hell was lilly he pink from the song in the 60s?

Question

apparently they was the saviour of the human race

Answer 1

Lilly The Pink" by The Scaffold were 2 poet/singers from Liverpool,UK. One of them was a Roger McGough (?) and a Mike McGear who was Paul McCartney's brother.Not in my brother's shadow type of thing...got any brothers?......The said Lilly had a concoction that she sold and was considered quite a tonic..."the saviour of the human race"..indeed..you'll have to make your own conclusions about the song,though...Closing time song.

Answer 2

60s: unhappy Eyed lady Of The Lowlands- Bob Dylan 70s: Supper's waiting- Genesis 80s: Teenage rebel- Sonic adolescents 90s: Acrobat- U2 00s: Citizen Erased- Muse 2010: Going residing house- Leonard Cohen You too!

Answer 3

This song was actually based on a real person namely Lily Pinkham who invented a compound to cure all sorts of ailments (mainly for women).
She lived in America in the late 1800's.
The miracle cure contained a lot of alcohol hence the made up stories of it curing all sorts.
I knew some of this information but there must be more on the internet.

Answer 4

A song by the Scaffold, which depicted an imaginary lady who had a wonder-drug for all ills, and in the end committed suicide.
The song was written by Mike McGear and was No.1 in the charts back in December 1968.

Answer 5

a chemist? She invented medicinal compound (the saviour of the human race!)

Answer 6

Lilly the pink, she turned to drink, she filled up with paraffin inside.

So it sounds like she was a women,

she invented medicinal compound.

So she invented a cure all type of medication.

Answer 7

I always thought of her as a sort of pink elephant actually? medicinal Drink and all that.

Answer 8

She never existed.

It was just easy to rhyme with drink.