Lyr Req: The Biggest Parakeets in Town

Subject: bert lahr song lyrics
From: GeneO
Date: 05 Feb 02 - 11:03 PM

Lahr was a vaudeville comedian who wrote many of the songs he performed. I would gladly accept any lyrics of his that could be provided There is one that I would especially like the lyrics to. It's called "She's Got the Biggest Parakeets in Town". Lahr sings a song about this english lady's pet birds, and bends the double entendre into one of the funniest vaudeville songs in history. Heard it once many years ago, but have had no luck tracking it down

Subject: Lyr Add: THE BIGGEST PARAKEETS IN TOWN
From: DonMeixner
Date: 05 Feb 02 - 11:41 PM

The Biggest Parakeets in Town
(Jud Strunk)

Some folks I know keep looking
For rare old coins and stamps.
While others see what's cooking
In antique books and lamps.
Some hobbies are like slavery,
There's one too tough for words.
This girl has got an aviary,
And you should see her birds.....

She's got chanticleers and dickey birds,
Intelligent and tricky birds,
That make the boys all want to hang around.
Her crow is black and shiny,
Her hummingbirds are tiny,
But she's got the biggest parakeets in town!

She's got cockatoos and bobolinks,
In royal blue and dusty pinks,
And you should see them hangin' upside down.
Oh, it's thrilling to behold her,
When she wings them past her shoulder,
'Cause she's got the biggest parakeets in town!

And every night
When she gets into bed,
She puts each one on a pillow.
Oh, they sound like Bing,
When they start to sing,
"Tweet willow, tweet willow, tweet willow."

After holding them and petting them,
She gets a thrill in letting them,
Go swingin' from the ceiling to the ground.
Ask anyone who's seen 'em.
It's hard to choose between 'em.
'Cause she's got the biggest parakeets in town!

Imagine her in love one day,
As she tells her fiance, "Okay!"
On the day the wedding rolls around.
Although he loves the ground she stands on,
He can't wait to get his hands on,
The biggest parakeets in town.

Well, picture on their wedding night,
When hubby, dear, turns off the light,
And wakes in the mornin' with a frown.....
As he goes to caress her,
He sees them on the dresser...
The biggest parakeets in town!
(She's really got 'em, boy!)
The biggest parakeets in town!
(They're enormous!)

Is this the song?


This says Jud Strunk but they could be the right words, copyrights being less than dependable. I'd imagine the publisher had more to do with this assignment than Jud did anyway.

Don

Subject: RE: bert lahr song lyrics
From: Susanne (skw)
Date: 06 Feb 02 - 08:49 PM

Have you tried to find his son, the author John Lahr, on the Net? He might be able to help.