The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #149480   Message #3804319
Posted By: Jim Dixon
09-Aug-16 - 11:10 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: If I had a nickel, I would buy a popsicle
Subject: Lyr Add: POPSICLE (from Jan & Dean)
This was mentioned in another thread so I thought it should go here, although it's not exactly the song that was requested.

POPSICLE
Written by Buzz Cason & Bobby Russell.
As recorded by Jan & Dean, 1966.

My phys-ed teacher's got me workin' too hard.
Relax after school sittin' out in the yard,
Just me and my baby and I'm holdin' her hand,
And pop! Ding-a-ling! Here comes that Popsicle man.

Orange, lemon, cherry and lime,
Fudge, tutti-frutti, and a grape that's fine.
Buy one for me and one for my chick,
A lot o' good eatin' on a Popsicle stick.

CHORUS: Popsicle! Bomp-pa-bomp-a-bomp (etc.)
Popsicle! Bomp-pa-bomp-a-bomp (etc.)
If you want to keep cool, it does the trick,
And it comes on a stick.

Some people buy Popsicles just for kicks.
Me an' my baby we save the sticks.
To keep brothers an' sisters quiet as a mouse,
We give 'em Popsicle sticks to build a Popsicle house. CHORUS.

So when you hear the bell go ding-a-ling,
That's the Popsicle man and he's the good-eatin' king.
Save Popsicle wrappers and before long,
You'll win a phonograph to play this record on.

Popsicle! Bomp-pa-bomp-a-bomp (etc.)
[REPEAT AD LIB AND FADE.]