Polly-Wolly Doodle - Shirley Temple

Oh!

I eat watermelon and I have for years

Sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day;

I like watermelon but it wets my ears

Sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day

Maybe grass tastes good to a moo cow’s mouth

Sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day;

But I like chicken 'cause I’m from the south

Sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day

Fare-thee well

Fare-thee well

Mister gloom be on your way

If you think you’re gonna worry

You can stop it in a huury

Sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day!

A woodpecker pecks till he gets his fill

Sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day;

But the woodpecker pays 'cause it’s on his bill

Sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day

Oh!

I feed my pigs with molasses yam

Sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day;

And they should be sweeter than they really am

Sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day

Fare-thee well

Fare-thee well

Mister gloom be on your way

Tho' you haven’t any money

You can still be bright and sunny

Sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day!

Oh!

I hate to hear a choc’late drop

Sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day;

But I like to hear a lollypop

Sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day

Ev’rything went wrong but it turned out right

Sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day;

The skies were gray but the future’s bright

Sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day

Fare-thee well

Fare-thee well

Misteall the day!

A polly is a parrot

We all know well

But just what a wolly is

I can’t tell

I wouldn’t know a doodle

If one came along

But polly-wolly-doodle makes a darn good song!