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Thread #6378   Message #1235305
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
28-Jul-04 - 12:42 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Polly Wolly Doodle
Subject: ADD Version: Polly Wolly Doodle (Shirley Temple)
Golly Gee, no one has posted the Shirley Temple version.

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 etc.
Maybe grass tastes good to a moo cow's mouth
Sing etc.
But I like chicken cuz I'm from the South
Sing etc.

Chorus:
Fare thee well, fare thee well,
Mr. Gloom be on your way
If you think you're gonna worry
You can stop it in a hurry
Sing polly wolly doodle all the day.

Oh the woodpecker pecks till he gets his fill
Sing etc.
But the woodpecker pays cuz it's on his bill
Sing etc.
Oh I feed my pigs from molasses yam (jam?)
Sing etc.
So they should be sweeter than they really am
Sing etc.

Chorus
Fare thee well, fare thee well
Mr, Gloom be on your way
Though 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 chocolate drop
Sing etc.
But I like to hear a lollipop
Sing etc.
Everything went wrong but it turned out right
Sing etc.
The skies were grey but the future's bright
Sing etc.

Chorus
Fare thee well, fare thee well
Mr. Gloom be on your way
Never listen to the devil
Simply be a little rebel
Sing polly wolly doodle all 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!

Chorus

Polly Wolly Doodle