Dad's Favorite Song Lyrics

3 LITTLE FISHES (words and music by Saxie Dowell) Down in the meadow in a little bitty pool Swam three little fishies and a mama fishie too "Swim" said the mama fishie, "Swim if you can" And they swam and they swam all over the dam Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu! Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu! Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu! And they swam and they swam all over the dam   "Stop" said the mama fishie, "or you will get lost" The three little fishies didn't wanna be bossed The three little fishies went off on a spree And they swam and they swam right out to the sea Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu! Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu! Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu! And they swam and they swam right out to the sea   "Whee!" yelled the little fishies, "Here's a lot of fun We'll swim in the sea till the day is done" They swam and they swam, and it was a lark Till all of a sudden they saw a shark! Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu! Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu! Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu! Till all of a sudden they saw a shark!   "Help!" cried the little fishies, "Gee! look at all the whales!" And quick as they could, they turned on their tails And back to the pool in the meadow they swam And they swam and they swam back over the dam Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu! Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu! Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu! And they swam and they swam back over the dam PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES Pack up your troubles in your old kitbag And smile, smile, smile While you've a lucifer to light your fag, Smile boys that's the style. What's the use of worrying? It never was worthwhile, So pack up your troubles in your old kit bag And smile smile smile WRECK ON THE HIGHWAY (by Dorsey Dixon) (we never quite knew the reason for him singing this) Who did you say it was brother who was it fell by the way When whiskey and blood ran together did you hear anyone pray When I heard the crash on the highway I knew what is was from the start I went to the scene of destruction a picture was stamped on my heart I didn't hear nobody pray dear brother I didn't hear nobody pray I've heard the crash on the highway but I didn't hear nobody pray   The whiskey and blood ran together mixed up with the glass where they lay They played her hand in distraction but I didn't hear nobody pray I wish I could change this sad story that I am now telling you But there is no way I can change it somebody's life is now through I didn't hear nobody pray...   (Thank you, Mike, for forwarding these lyrics to me :-))

COUNTRY SUNDAY SCHOOL (he sang this song on Sunday morning while he was waking us all for Sunday School) Samson was a mighty man He could do anything dynamite can Pushed on the pillars and the temple fell And everybody in it had to run like heck. CHORUS: Young folks, old folks, Everybody come, Join the happy Sunday school Have a lot of fun Please park your razors and your guns at the door, And you'll hear more stories Than you ever heard before. I'VE GOT TEARS IN MY EARS (FROM LYIN' ON MY BACK IN MY BED WHILE I CRY OVER YOU) (by Harold Barlow) I've got tears in my ears from lyin' on my back In my bed while I cry over you And the tears in my ears, they're off the beaten track Since you said "It's goodbye, we are through" So if I should get water on the brain You will know you're the one who is to blame I've got tears in my ears from lyin' on my back In my bed while I cry over you. I've got tears in my ears from lyin'on my back In my bed while I cry over you I've been cryin' these tears and soakin' in my sack Since the day I found you were untrue And if I don't get up pretty soon I'll turn into a sleepy lagoon I've got tears in my ears from lyin' on my back In my bed while I cry over you. I've got tears in my ears from lyin' on my back In my bed while I cry over you It's been so many years, my sacroiliac Feels as though it's been soaked through and through Oh, you lied when you said we'd take the plunge Now I know how it feels to be a sponge I've got tears in my ears from lyin' on my back In my bed while I cry over you. (Thank you, Richard and Mary Elizabeth, for forwarding these lyrics to me :-))