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Thread #9518 Message #2826305
Posted By: Jim Dixon
31-Jan-10 - 08:20 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: A Bushel and a Peck (Frank Loesser)
Subject: Lyr Add: A BUSHEL AND A PECK (Homer & Jethro)
You can hear this parody at WFMU's Beware of the Blog. It's from "Homer and Jethro Fracture Frank Loesser."
I love you a bushel and a peck, A bushel and a peck and a rope around my neck, A rope around my neck and it chokes me all to heck. You got my eyes a-buggin' out, so loosen up a speck Or I'm through Without you. I love you a bushel and a peck. You bet your dirty neck I do.
I love you a bushel and a peck, A bushel and a peck and it beats me all to heck, Beats me all to heck how I'll ever feed the hogs, Ever feed the hogs when I'm goin' to the dogs About you, About you. I love you a bushel and a peck. You bet your dirty neck I do.
I love you a bushel and a peck, A bushel and a peck though you make me awful tard. [tired You make me awful tard like I been a-workin' hard. You got my heart as heavy as a bucketful o' lard About you, About you. I love you a bushel and a peck You bet your dirty neck I— Bet your dirty neck I— Bet your dirty neck I— Do, Do, Doodle-oo.