"Lilly the Pink" as in the song, who or what is it?

Question

Is it Gin perhaps?

ojja, why strange?

Answer 1

"Lily the Pink" was a song by the Merseyside pop group the Scaffold in the 1960's. The Scaffold were closely associated with the Merseyside poets of the period.

Lily's "Medicinal Compound" is indeed based on the American Patent Medicine "Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound" a cure-all for much of the last two centuries.

One of the group Mike McGear was actually Michael McCartney, young brother of the much more famous Paul. For further info check out the link below:

Answer 2

"Lily the Pink, she,
Took to drink, she
And she filled with paraffin inside
And in spite of
Medicinal Compound
Sad to say,
Lily died."

This would indicate that Medicinal Compound was not gin, nor was Lily an allusion to pink gin.

Something beyond alcohol, perhaps, causing the herald angels to sing.

Ambrosia comes to mind.

Answer 3

She invented medicinal compound and was the saviour of the human race then died and went to heaven back in the the early 70's if my memory serves me correctly.

Answer 4

Based on the folk song "The Ballad Of Lydia Pinkham",

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Pinkham

strange!

Answer 5

here, "jack" is short for "jack sh!t" - which ability "not something". She is likewise using a double unfavorable and incorrect grammar ("it do not advise not something"). actual, it does advise not something. Lily ought to objective to sing suitable interior the Queen's English, like so: "everytime you spot me, you assert which you somewhat desire me returned, and that i provide help to realize it ability not something, definite, it ability not something." Cheers, Billy

Answer 6

It's about Lydia Pinkham.

Answer 7

the saviour of the human race, who invented medicinal compound..

Answer 8

about someone called lilly who wore pink

Answer 9

the saviour of the human race!

Answer 10

She's the inventor of medicinal compound, which was efficacious in every way!!!!!!!!!!!