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"The Pawn Shop Song" may have more than one source.

The lyrics are reminiscent of "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania," written by Bob Merrill in 1952. The scansion is slightly out and the coda in "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania" has no correspondent in "The Pawn Shop song" but there are significant similarities.

A closer fit for the tune is Malvina Reynolds' "Little Boxes" published in 1962, which meshes nicely with nearly all the verses of "The Pawnshop Song" but shares no correspondence of lyric.

As the tunes of both songs closely resemble each other and predate TEFL by at least 11 years, RAH could have used both as his model for "The Pawnshop Song," taking what he liked from each. He was good at that.

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the name of the song, by Guy Mitchell, it isn't the exact song, it would seem to be an earlier version of the song, which Lazarus added to over the years, and given his longevity and sense of humor this kinda fits.

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I disagree a bit. It's close but Pete Seger's "Little Boxes" is closer.

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In Heinlein's book "The Number of the Beast," the "TEFL is the Pawn Shop" song is not a real song but a whimsical reference made by the characters. It is not based on any specific title or tune outside of the novel.

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