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CHORUS: Fare thee well, Fare thee well,
Fare thee well my fairy fay
For I'm going to Lou'siana for to see my Susyanna
Sing Polly wolly doodle all the day

Oh, my Sal, she is a maiden fair
With curly eyes And laughing hair (sic)   CHO.

Behind the barn down on my knees
I thought I heard a chicken sneeze   CHO.

He sneezed so hard With the whooping cough
He sneezed his head and the tail right off   CHO/

Oh, a grasshopper sittin' on a railroad track
A-pickin' his teeth with a carpet tack   CHO.

Oh, I went to bed but it wasn't any use
My feet stuck out like a chicken roost   CHO.


Q1 POOR LITTLE ROBIN WALKING TO MISSOURI  

From Frances Sutter
There is an old song about "A Poor Little Robin Walking to Missouri," I would like to know all the words if possible.

Q2 From M.B. Am looking for the song with the words "Poor Little Robin, walking, walking, walking to Missouri" in it. What is the name of the song, who performed it and where can I find the words to the whole song?

Q3 From Phyllis C. Do you think there is any hope of ever finding my favorite version of the
song and lyrics? I love nonsense and silly songs of all kinds and was delighted to find your web site.  
 
A few years ago I recalled the song Walking to Missouri from the late 1950s. Believe it or not, my "recording" of the song was pressed onto the outside of a box of cereal as a premium (probably Wheaties or Corn Flakes.).  You cut out the cardboard record circle and it played surprisingly well on a regular turntable. I'm sure the song was intended for children, but I think I enjoyed it more than my little kids.  
 
When I searched for the lyrics on the Internet, all I could find was the Sammy Kaye  version.  The lyrics were similar, but I remember so well ".....the sun was hot and his wings got burned, that's how this poor robin learned it's foolish to try to fly too high...."   
 
This morning I stumbled onto your web page and found a reference to "my version" of the song.  The comments are shown under the under the title Poor Little Robin Walkin' to Missouri.  I am delighted to learn that I'm not crazy.  LOL

 A1 From JK: I too was looking for the lyrics to "Poor Little Robin," which was on a children's record I listened to all the time in the early 50s. I found the original lyrics, sung by Sammy Kaye, but found they weren't the ones I remembered. I'm thinking that the record producers may have toned down the song for the children. I'd like to find my version, which included the lines: "...but he got burned and that's how poor Robin learned it's foolish to try to fly too high." I'm still looking, but in the meantime, here are the Sammy Kaye lyrics:

Walkin' To Missouri, Words and music by Bob Merrill, 1952, as sung by Sammy Kaye

CHORUS: Poor little robin walkin', walkin', WALKIN' TO MISSOURI;