Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah
Allan Sherman, 1963· Novelty / Silly / Funny Songs · p.439
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Hello Muddah hello Faddah here I am at Camp Grenada
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Camp is very entertaining and they say we'll have some fun if it stops raining
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I went hiking with Joe Spivey; he developed poison ivy
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You remember Leonard Skinner he got ptomaine poisoning last night after dinner
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All the counselors hate the waiters and the lake has alligators
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& the head coach wants no sissies so he reads to us from something called Ulysses
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Now I don’t want this should scare ya, but my bunkmate has malaria
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You remember Jeffrey Hardy they're about to organize a searching party
Bridge:
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Take me home oh Muddah, Faddah. Take me home I hate Grenada
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Don’t leave me out in the forest where I might get eaten by a bear
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Take me home I promise I will not make noise or mess the house
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With other boys oh please don't make me stay I've been here one whole day
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Dearest Faddah, darling Muddah how's my precious little bruddah?
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Let me come home if you miss me; I would even let Aunt Bertha hug and kiss me
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Wait a minute it's stopped hailing; guys are swimming, guys are sailing
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Playing baseball gee that’s better; Muddah, Faddah kindly disregard this letter