Lyr Add: How Could Little Red Riding Hood

Subject: Lyr/Tune Add: HOW COULD LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
From: GUEST,MCP
Date: 08 Jan 03 - 11:29 AM

This was requested in Halloween Girl.

I've put 2 versions of the tune up - I found a version I'd started jotting down some years ago,which is the 1st one, but I'm sure I sang the last few lines of the verse slightly differently, so I've put that in as the 2nd version. I haven't got the recording any longer, so I haven't been able to check this (and I haven't sung it for years either). I've included basic chords for it too.

Mick

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HOW COULD LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
(AP Randolph)

Intro:

When we were young, but old enough for us to understand
We all believed in fairies, and the folks in fairy land.
But the modern child is runnin' wild, he wants to know too much
He's never understood about Red Riding Hood.

Verses:
Say, how could Little Red Riding Hood have been so very good
And still keep the wolf from the door?
Father and mother she had none.
So where in the world did the money come from
Please let me ask it who filled her basket The story books never tell
Now they say that she found a great big wolf in Granny's bed
And he had a great big sun bon-net pulled down over his head
But you know and I know what she must have found instead.
How could Little Red Riding Hood have been so very good
And still keep the wolf from the door?

How could Little Red Riding Hood have been so very good
And still keep the wolf from the door?
Why was she dressed up in her bright flaming red
Unless she intended to knock someone dead
Why did she ramble she knew it was a gamble
She was out in the woods for no good.
They say she was a maid most discreet
And there's no doubt about it she must have been sweet
But you know and I know that even sweet girls must eat
So how could Little Red Riding Hood have been so very good
And still keep the wolf from the door?

How could Little Red Riding Hood have been so very good
And still keep the wolf from the door?
I've heard of many strange things in New York
But whoever heard of a wolf that could talk?
I hate to doubt it, but there's something about it
That sounds funny to me (2nd voice:What do you say about it?)
Say, you know I don't believe any one of those fairy tales are true (2v: You don't?)
No, I don't believe 'em, Do you believe 'em? (2v:I believe all fairy tales) Then I'd like to ask you
Who was the father of all the little children of the woman that lived in the shoe (2v:Jack the Giant Killer)
How could Little Red Riding Hood have been so very good
W:And still keep the wolf from the door?


Source: The Yacht Club Boys

X: 1
T:How Could Little Red Riding Hood
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=110
C:AP Randolph
S:The Yacht Club Boys
K:F
A|"F"cA cA cA cA|"C7"Bc BA "F"F3
w: When we were young, but old en-ough for us to un-der-stand
F|"C7"GA BG "F"AB cA|"G7"=Bc d=B "C7"c3
w: We all be-lieved in fair-ies, and the folks in fair-y land.
A/A/|"Gm"BG BG "F"AG AA|"C7"Bc AG "F"F3
w: But the mod-ern child is run-nin' wild, he wants to know too much
F|"G7"GA =BG "D7"A3 A|"G7"GA =BG "C7"c3||
w: He's nev-er un-der-stood a-bout Red Rid-ing Hood.
c|"F"AA A/A/A "Fm"_AF _A2|"F"z A AA "Fm"_AF _A
w: Say, how could Lit-tle Red Rid-ing Hood have been so ve-ry good
=A|"C7"c2 AB c2 AB|"F"c8|
w: And still keep the wolf from the door?
"C7"zc cA c c3|"F"A2 "A7"G2 "Dm"F3
w: Fa-ther and mo-ther she had none.
F|"G7"GA F G2 A2 B|"C7"dc d c-c4|
w: So where in the world did the mon-ey come from_
"C9"zd dc d c3|"Bb9"z c cB c B2 B|"A7"A A2 A2 G FA-|"Dm"A6
w: Please let me ask it who filled her bas-ket The stor-y books ne-ver tell_
cc|"Bb"d d2 d dd dd|dd d w: Now they say that she found a great big wolf in Gran-ny's bed
d/d/|"Bb"dd dd dd d>d|dd d w: And he had a great big sun bon-net pulled down ov-er his head
d|"Bb"dd d d2 "F"c2 A/A/|cc cc "Ddim7"d4|
w: But you know and I know what she must have found in-stead.
"F"AA A/A/A "Fm"_AF _A2|"F"zA AA "Fm" _AF _A
w: How could Lit-tle Red Rid-ing Hood have been so ve-ry good
=A|"C7"c2 AB c2 AG|"F"F6 z||
w: And still keep the wolf from the door?


X: 2
T:How Could Little Red Riding Hood (2)
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=110
C:AP Randolph
S:The Yacht Club Boys
K:F
A|"F"cA cA cA cA|"C7"Bc BA "F"F3
w: When we were young, but old en-ough for us to un-der-stand
F|"C7"GA BG "F"AB cA|"G7"=Bc d=B "C7"c3
w: We all be-lieved in fair-ies, and the folks in fair-y land.
A/A/|"Gm"BG BG "F"AG AA|"C7"Bc AG "F"F3
w: But the mod-ern child is run-nin' wild, he wants to know too much
F|"G7"GA =BG "D7"A3 A|"G7"GA =BG "C7"c3||
w: He's nev-er un-der-stood a-bout Red Rid-ing Hood.
c|"F"AA A/A/A "Fm"_AF _A2|"F"z A AA "Fm"_AF _A
w: Say, how could Lit-tle Red Rid-ing Hood have been so ve-ry good
=A|"C7"c2 AB c2 AB|"F"c8|
w: And still keep the wolf from the door?
"C7"zc cA c c3|"F"A2 "A7"G2 "Dm"F3
w: Fa-ther and mo-ther she had none.
F|"G7"GA F G2 A2 B|"C7"dc d c-c4|
w: So where in the world did the mon-ey come from_
"C9"zd dc d c3|"Bb9"z c cB c B2 B|"A7"A A2 A2 G FA-|"Dm"A6
w: Please let me ask it who filled her bas-ket The stor-y books ne-ver tell_
cc|"Bb"d d2 d "Bbm"_d_d _d_d|"F"cc c w: Now they say that she found a great big wolf in Gran-ny's bed
d/d/|"Bb"dd dd "Bbm"_d_d _d>_d|"F"cc c w: And he had a great big sun bon-net pulled down ov-er his head
d|"Bb"dd d "Bbm"_d2 _d2 A/A/|"F"cc cc "Ddim7"d4|
w: But you know and I know what she must have found in-stead.
"F"AA A/A/A "Fm"_AF _A2|"F"zA AA "Fm" _AF _A
w: How could Lit-tle Red Rid-ing Hood have been so ve-ry good
=A|"C7"c2 AB c2 AG|"F"F6 z||
w: And still keep the wolf from the door?

Subject: TUNE ADD:How Could Little Red Riding Hood
From: MMario
Date: 08 Jan 03 - 11:33 AM

Thanks Mick.