I (con’t)
When the neighbors moved away, I thought I heard them say,
"You can't sing purty but you sure sing loud!" yah yah yah yah yah yah yah yah yah yah yah!
One day I auditioned for a TV show, way up in New York City!
They forgot to plug in the microphone, but they heard me in Kansas City!
Someday if I practice hard and long, maybe I'll learn a soft little song,
So please let me stay! Don't send me away!
I can't sing purty, but I shore sing loud!!!
"You can't sing purty but you sure sing loud!" yah yah yah yah yah yah yah yah yah yah yah!
I GOT CHICKEN POX FOR CHRISTMAS (see “S” page, Scratch, Scratch. . ., please)
Q From Brandy P. [2007] I was wondering if you could help me find a song. I need to know who sings it and where I could find it. It is a Christmas song saying “I got the chicken pox for Christmas.” It starts out “Scratch Scratch Itch Itch. Golly gee, I’m as sad as I can be”. Please see if you can help in any way, we have looked and asked everyone.
I KNOW WHAT I'LL DO BYE AND BYE
From Phyllis W There was a song that my mom sang to us when we were little (in the forties/fifties). It had a verse that went:
I know what I'll do bye and bye
I'll eat a worm and then I'll die
And when I'm gone ??????
They'll all be sorry that they picked on me
Ring any bells? Let me know please,
Thanks, Phyllis W.
From: Candis B. "I Know What I'll Do in the By and By” Hi. I was bored and decided to see if I could find any songs from your website. I found two sites (via Lycos search). I hope these help.
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=5052
About halfway down the page was this entry:
Subject: RE: eat some worms
Long before I heard the "Nobody loves me..." rhyme, we used to have a record for our wind-up Victrola. One of the early old-timey groups- can't recall which, sang:
O they're always, always a-pickin on me,
They never, never let me be;
I'm so lonely, awful sad-
Been a long time since I've been glad.
Well I'll tell yi what I'll do by and by,
I'll eat some worms and then I'll die-
N'when I'm gone I bet they'll be
Doggone sorry that they picked on me!
(Note-There was another verse or two, and a slightly different refrain):
Well I'll tell yi what I'll do, it ain't no joke,
I'll eat some worms and then I'll croak-
N'when I'm gone,yi know they'll be