December 15, 2011

The Work Song

From "Cinderella"
Music and Lyrics by Al Hoffman, Mack David, and Jerry Livingston

Cinderelly, Cinderelly
Night and day it's Cinderelly
Make the fire, fix the breakfast
Wash the dishes, do the moppin'
And the sweepin' and the dustin'
They always keep her hoppin'
She go around in circles
Till she very, very dizzy
Still they holler
Keep a-busy, Cinderelly!

We can do it, we can do it
We can help our Cinderelly
We can make her dress so pretty
There's nothing to it, really
We'll tie a sash around it
Put a ribbon through it
When dancing at the ball
She'll be more beautiful than all
In the lovely dress we'll make for Cinderelly

Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry
Gonna help our Cinderelly
Got no time to dilly-dally
We gotta get a-goin'
I'll cut it with these scissors!
And I can do the sewing!
Leave the sewing to the women
You go get some trimmin'
And we'll make a lovely dress for
Cinderelly
We'll make a lovely dress for
Cinderelly~