Sing for Very Important People Lyrics
DON’T CRY BABY
(Chris Dedrick/The Lamplighter Publishing Company/SOCAN)
What can I do to make you happy?
What kind of clown thing can I do?
Wiggle my ears, and make them flappy?
My humor is sappy, won’t you sit on my lappy
and don’t cry baby, boo hoo.
Boo hoo.
Why do we cry, it sure is a riddle
I’ll dry your eyes and see you through
Babies can coo and sing like a fiddle
Your problems are little, so sing hey diddle diddle
and don’t cry baby , boohoo
Don’t cry, baby don’t cry.
There’s a sun behind the clouds you know
Don’t cry baby, don’t cry
’cause I hate to hear you cry
It hurts me deep inside
You know the way I feel,
you know I love you so.
Your pretty blue eyes weren’t made for a fretter
But they can’t get much wetter,
so let’s dry them together
And don’t cry baby, boo hoo
Don’t cry baby, don’t cry.
LITTLE COWBOY
(Art Dedrick/The Lamplighter Publishing Company/SOCAN)
Little cowboy, you’ve been ridin’ since the early mornin’ sun
Find the mavericks where they’re hidin’, ropin’ dogies one by one
With your six-gun always ready, for the bad guy strikin’ you down
On your pinto strong and steady, you can run them right out of town.
There’s a friendly breeze always blowin’, makin’ tumbleweed tumble by,
And the purple sage where it’s growin’, seems to touch the distant prairie sky.
Now it’s evenin’, time for sleepin’, cattle lowin’ over the rise
‘Round the bunkhouse, shadows creepin’, little cowboy, close your eyes.
Little cowboy, you’ve been ridin’ since the early mornin’ sun
Find the mavericks where they’re hidin’, ropin’ dogies one by one
With your six-gun always ready, for the bad guy strikin’ you down
On your pinto strong and steady, you can run them right out of town.
There’s a friendly breeze always blowin’, makin’ tumbleweed tumble by,
And the purple sage where it’s growin’, seems to touch the distant prairie sky.
Now it’s evenin’, time for sleepin’, cattle lowin’ over the rise
‘Round the bunkhouse, shadows creepin’, little cowboy, close your eyes.
LOVE YOU
(Sandy and Joe Zynczak/J.A. Zynczak, Inc./ASCAP)
Give a little time for the child within you,
don’t be afraid to be young and free.
Undo the locks and throw away the keys
and take off your shoes and socks, and run you.
La, la, la…
Give a little time for the child within you,
don’t be afraid to be young and free.
Undo the locks and throw away the keys
and take off your shoes and socks, and run you.
La, la, la…
Run through the meadow and scare up the milking cows
Run down the beach kicking clouds of sand
Walk a windy weather day, feel your face blow away
Stop and listen: Love you.
Roll like a circus clown, put away your circus frown
Ride on a roller coaster upside down
Waltzing Matilda, Carey loves a kinkatchoo
Joey catch a kangaroo, hug you.
Dandylion, milkweed, silky on a sunny sky
Reach out and hitch a ride and float on by
Balloons down below catching colors of the rainbow
red, blue and yellow-green: I love you.
Bicycles, tricycles, ice cream candy
Lollypops, popsicles, licorice sticks
Solomon Grundy, Raggedy Andy
Tweedledum and Tweedledee, home free.
Cowboys and Indians, puppydogs and sandpails
Beachballs and baseballs and basketballs, too.
I love forget-me-nots, fluffernutters, sugarpops
I’ll hug you and kiss you and love you
La, la, la… Love you.
RONDA GO ‘ROUND
(Ellen Dedrick/The Lamplighter Publishing Company/SOCAN)
Ronda, Ronda go ‘round
Ronda, Ronda go upside down
Laughing and smiling, love what you found
When you’re on Ronda’s merry-go-round
Pick an animal, singin’ a song
dropped your icecream cone but can’t stay sad long
’cause the music is starting in a minute you’ll know
Your horse is darting up and down
round you go , round you go
Ronda, Ronda go ‘round
Ronda, Ronda go upside down
Laughing and smiling, love what you found
When you’re on Ronda’s merry-go-round
This one’s special, the beasts they are free
Showing little children sights they can’t see
’cause the music is starting in a minute you’ll know
Your horse is darting up and down
round you go , round you go
Ronda, Ronda go ‘round
Ronda, Ronda go upside down
Laughing and smiling, love what you found
When you’re on Ronda- Ronda’s merry-go-round
Time for sleepin’, your horse says goodnight
Tucks your blanket in so bedbugs won’t bite
He leaps out the window back to the race
Leaves behind memories and dreams in his place
of tigers and pink lemonade.
Ronda, Ronda go ‘round
Ronda, Ronda go upside down
Laughing and smiling, love what you found
On Ronda- Ronda’s merry-go-round
BUBBLES
(Chris Dedrick/The Lamplighter Publishing Company/SOCAN)
[ see entry under Stars/Time/Bubbles/Love ]
DANIEL DOLPHIN
(Chris Dedrick/The Lamplighter Publishing Company/SOCAN)
[ see entry under You Could Be Born Again ]
KITES ARE FUN
(Chris Dedrick/The Lamplighter Publishing Company/SOCAN)
[ see entry under Kites Are Fun ]
LULLABY
(Sandy Dedrick Zynczak/J.A. Zynczak, Inc./ASCAP)
Little children, close your eyes
Soon the morning sun will rise
You’ll be up and on your way
off to start another day
But for now your play must end
Time to say goodnight my friend
No more time to run or creeep
Little children go to sleep
Little children go to sleep
Little children go to sleep