Yes, that was what I found, but it was different words from the song... the poem was recited by Walter Brennan in some film or other, and was actually called "life gets tedious, doesnt it?" The song, Life gets teejus don't it", has different words, as Splodge quoted earlier. Did Walter Brennan do the "song" too then?
(We can't be completely senile guys, cos they reckon your memory of years ago is even sharper then!
now where did I put that knitting?)