I learned this song at girl scout camp in the late 70s/early 80s, but with minor variations from what I found here, but I had a really different ending.... It's great to read all the other versions out there!


I'm up here in my nuthouse. My mind is in a rut.
My keeper thinks I'm crazy, But I know he's a nut.
I'm just as sane as you are, And I can prove it too.
For when you hear my lullaby You won't think I'm coocoo.

Oh, I was born one night one morn When the whistles went boom-boom
You can bake a cake or fry a snake When the mudpies are in bloom.
Does six plus six make nine? Does ice grow on a vine?
Here's old man Joe, the Eskimo In the good old summertime!

Oh loopty-loop in my noodle soup Just to give my socks a shine.
I'm a guilty fudge, I ate the judge. Three cheers for Olde Lang Syne!
I cannot tell a lie. I hucked an apple pie
It's in a tree, beneath the sea In the big old great blue sky!

Oh I called from California On my old telephonia
Cause this is all balonia. let the whistles go boom-boom!