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Thread #9518   Message #908763
Posted By: Genie
12-Mar-03 - 11:27 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: A Bushel and a Peck (Frank Loesser)
Subject: Lyr Add: A BUSHEL AND A PECK (Frank Loesser)
Thanks, Gene.
Only a couple of minor amendments:

The "doodles" part is specific, and there's no "that" in the last line.  It was in the movie "Guys & Dolls," too, IIRC.
Pretty sure this is the way it's sung in the movie and in the stage version I saw.  (Gotta admit, I don't remember the
lines in red being in there and I'm not sure how their tune goes.  I sing the song in sing-alongs with folks who
remember when it was on the Hit Parade, and we sing it without the 'red lines.'   If we're doing it wrong, I'd love to
know how the tune goes for those lines.)


A BUSHEL AND A PECK
Words & music by Frank Loesser

Refrain:
A doodle-oodle-oo-doo,
A doodle-oodle-oo-doo,
A doodle-oodle-oo-doo-doo.

I love you a bushel and a peck,
A bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck,
A hug around the neck and a barrel and a heap,
A barrel and a heap and I' been talkin' in my sleep
About you, about you, about you,
My mind is leapin' I'm havin' trouble sleepin'
'Cause I love you a bushel and a peck
You bet your pretty neck I do.

Refrain

I love you a bushel and a peck,
A bushel and a peck and, though make my heart a wreck,
Make my heart a wreck and you make my life a mess,
Make my life a mess and it's a mess of happiness
About you, about you, about you.
Although you free me, I'll never, never leave - me.
I love you a bushel and a peck,
You bet your pretty neck  I do.

Refrain

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 tend the farm,
Ever tend the farm when I want to keep my arms
About you, about you, about you.
The cows and chickens are goin' to the dickens
I love you a bushel and a peck
You bet your pretty neck  I do.

Refrain