Hi Guest, Rob

HTH! re a 'definitive' version (at least of the vinyl version!) of this super song.

Lyrics from the record are as follows:

N.B. These lyrics are from the Brunswick label recording [uploaded at YouTube as at May 2011; will hopefully still be there at a later date] at URL:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSmeFuXT06M

I don't know if this is the version of the song that has been taken straight from the film soundtrack recording (rather than another/later rendition made in a studio), but presume so!

From film "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" (1948): Bing Crosby, William Bendix, and Sir Cedric Hardwicke.


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La, la, la-la-la-la! La-la-la-la-la-la la-la-la-la-la-la!
La, la, la-la-la-la! La-la-la-la-la-la la-la-la-la!

{CHORUS:}
We're busy doing nothing, working the whole day through,
Trying to find lots of things not to do.
We're busy going nowhere, isn't it just a crime?!
We'd like to be unhappy but we never do have the time.

{VERSE 1:}
I have to watch the river to see that it doesn't stop,
And stick around the rosebuds so they'll know when to pop.
Better keep the crickets cheerful, they're really a solemn bunch.
Farso! Farso! I've only an hour for lunch.

La, la, la-la-la-la! La-la-la-la-la-la la-la-la-la-la-la!
La, la, la-la-la-la! La-la-la-la-la-la la-la-la-la!

{CHORUS}

{VERSE 2:}
I have to wait the sun up he's liable to sleep all day
And then inspect the rainfalls so they'll be bright & gay
You must rehearse the songbirds to see that they sing in key
[VOICE] If you insist! [VOICE] I do!
Farso! Farso! I've never a moment free.

{CHORUS}

{VERSE 3:}
I have to meet a turtle, I'm teaching him how to swim,
Then I have to shine the dew-drops, do you know, they're looking rather dim.
[VOICE:] No!
I told my friend the robin I'd buy him a brand new vest.
Farso! Farso!

We never do have, we never do have, we never do, never do, never do, never do, never do have the time
Never do have the time!

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Hey ho! At least I have finally posted an Answer at MudCat to s'o else's query, rather than posting yet another Question! ,-)

HTH!

M.W.