I eat watermelon (Shirley Temple)

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Oh! I eat watermelon and I have for years
Sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day
I like watermelon but it wets my ears
Sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day
Maybe grass tastes good to a moo cow’s mouth
Sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day
But I like chicken ‚cause I’m from the south
Sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day

Fare-thee well
Fare-thee well
Mister gloom be on your way
If you think you’re gonna worry
You can stop it in a hurry
Sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day

A woodpecker pecks till he gets his fill
Sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day
But the woodpecker pays ‚cause it’s on his bill
Sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day
Oh! I feed my pigs with molasses yam
Sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day
And they should be sweeter than they really am
Sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day

Fare-thee well
Fare-thee well
Mister gloom be on your way
Tho‘ you haven’t any money
You can still be bright and sunny
Sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day!

Oh! I hate to hear a choc’late drop
Sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day;
But I like to hear a lollypop
Sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day

Ev’rything went wrong but it turned out right
Sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day;
The skies were gray but the future’s bright
Sing Polly-wolly-doodle all the day

Fare-thee well
Fare-thee well
Misteall the day!

A polly is a parrot
We all know well
But just what a wolly is
I can’t tell
I wouldn’t know a doodle
If one came along
But polly-wolly-doodle makes a dam good song!

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Diese Version singt Shirley Temple 1935 in dem Film „The littlest Rebel“

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