Lyr Req: Tweedle-O-Twill?

Subject: Tweedle-O-Twill?
From: Bill Foster
Date: 08 Apr 97 - 09:39 AM

Following a performance a week or so ago, an older gentleman who was in the audience asked me if I had heard an old song by the name of "tweedle-o-twill," which his grandmother sang to him. I gathered that these words were part of a refrain, but I was stumped; nobody in my family sang such a song. Does anyone out there have any suggestions?

Subject: RE: Tweedle-O-Twill?
From: Ralph Butts
Date: 08 Apr 97 - 10:37 AM

I can't forget the name, but I do forget the song. My father used to have some Gene Autry 78's, and this was one of them.

Just for fun, I checked around - you can get it on Autry collections from Rhino Records....Tiger

Subject: Lyr Add: TWEEDLE-O-TWILL
From: Gene Graham
Date: 08 Apr 97 - 01:01 PM

Been awhile since I listened to this Golden Oldie.

TWEEDLE-O-TWILL –
Recorded by Gene Autry –
Written by Fred Rose and Gene Autry

Tweedle-o-twill, puffin' on corn silk
Tweedle-o-twill, whittlin' wood
Settin' there wishin' - he could go fishin'
Over the hill, Tweedle-o-twill.

Tweedle-o-twill, don't he look drowsy
Tweedle-o-twill, noddin' his head
Bet he feels lazy - pluckin' that daisy
Gettin' a thrill, oh, Tweedle-o-twill.

Tweedle-o-twill, bobbin' and weavin'
Tweedle-o-twill, wadin' in corn
Takin' it easy - out where its breezy
Better be still, oh, Tweedle-o-twill.

Tweedle-o-twill, swattin' a horsefly
Tweedle-o-twill, pickin' his nose
Birds of a feather - flockin' together

Subject: RE: Tweedle-O-Twill?
From: Gene Graham
Date: 08 Apr 97 - 01:17 PM

The hurrier I go, the be-hinder I get; didn't notice that I left off the last line (which is the same as the last line of the 2nd verse).

Tweedle-o-twill, swattin' a horsefly

Tweedle-o-twill, pickin' his nose

Birds of a feather - flockin' together

Gettin' a thrill, oh, Tweedle-o-twill.

Subject: Gene Graham
From: Bill Foster
Date: 10 Apr 97 - 08:20 AM

Gene-- Thanks for the lyrics to Tweedle-O-Twill. I get many requests for lyrics from folks for whom I perform, and usually I can locate them when I don't know them. This one had me stumped.

Bill

Subject: RE: Gene Graham
From:
Date: 10 Apr 97 - 11:33 AM

My pleasure - Bill...have some friends that "play and sing" for CHILDREN and also Sr. CITIZEN's (which I'm one) and they frequently ask me to DIG UP an OLDIE...since they know "I'M STUCK IN THE PAST!"