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Thread #9518   Message #1650091
Posted By: GUEST,DisGUYze
17-Jan-06 - 06:49 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: A Bushel and a Peck (Frank Loesser)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: A Bushel and a Peck (Frank Loesser)
"Just a couple of years late on this thread, but I just came across it today." (with apologies to John Kidder)

I've never seen the program 'guys and dolls' but my father always used to sing this song (actually, only the hook)

Genie says "doodles is specific" and "no that".

Maybe the original or the version cut for film or the version Genie heard had the specific doodles that he posted and no 'that' but, although I realize that the Andrews Sisters regularly utilized their well-deserved artistic license when dealing with lyrics, below you will find the Andrews Sisters version, with very specific doodles, the "red lines" in question and a 'that', transcribed by me:

Doodle oodle oo-do, Doodle oodle oo-do,
Doodle oodle doodle-do-doot
Be doodl-e-doo-doop

I love you a bushel and peck
A bushel and peck and a hug around the neck
A hug around the neck and a barrel and a heap
A barrel and a heap and I'm talking in my sleep
About you, about you, about you

My mind is leapin' I'm havin' trouble sleepin'
Cause I love you (I do) a bushel and a peck (y'bet)
Y'bet your perty neck that I do
Doodle oodle oo-do, Doodle oodle oo-do,
Doodle oodle doodle-do-doot
Be doodl-e-doo-doop

I love you a bushel and peck
A bushel and peck though you make my heart a wreck
Make my heart a wreck and you make my life a mess
Make my life a mess, yes
A mess of happiness
About you, about you, about you

Although you free me, I'll never, never leave - me.
I love you a bushel and a peck
Y'bet your perty neck that I do
Doodle oodle oo-do, doodle-oodle-doodle oo-do,
Doodle-oodle-doodle, doodle-oodle-doodle do

I love you a bushel and peck
A bushel and peck and it beats me all to heck
Beats me all to heck now I'll never tend the farm
Never tend the farm when I wanna keep my arm
About you, about you, about you

The cows and chickens are goin' to the dickens
I love you a bushel and a peck
Y'bet your perty neck that I do
Doodle oodle oo-do, doodle-oodle-doodle oo-do,
Doodle-oodle-doodle, doodle-oodle-doodle do