SING FOR YOUR SUPPER

lyrics by Lorenz Hart
music by Richard Rodgers

Verse / Intro:
Hawks and crows do lots of things
But the canary only sings
She is a courtesan on wings
So I've heard.
Eagles and storks are twice as strong
All the canary knows is song
But the canary gets along --
Gilded bird!

Chorus:
Sing for your supper and you'll get breakfast
Songbirds always eat
If their song is sweet to hear.
Sing for your luncheon and you'll get dinner
Dine with wine of choice
If romance is in your voice.

I heard from a wise canary
Trilling makes a fellow willing
So little swallow, swallow now
Now is the time to

Sing for your supper and you'll get breakfast
Songbirds are not dumb
They don't buy a crumb of bread,
It's said,
So sing and you'll be fed.

Coda
Sing for your supper and you'll get breakfast
Songbirds are not dumb
They don't have to buy a crumb of bread
A spool of thread
Just sing instead
You don't have to buy even a crumb of bread
It's said
You'll be fed, if you sing (scat singing)
If you dance
So sing, and you'll be fed!

Copyright 1938 by Chappell and Company
Copyright renewed


from The Boys from Syracuse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnEgFqhD8-0