Boom, Boom, Ain't it Great to Be Crazy
"I love to sing silly songs!" -Chloe
Boom, Boom, Ain't it Great to Be Crazy
Action Song
(Chorus)
Boom, Boom, ain't it great to be Crazy?
Boom, Boom, ain't it great to be Crazy?
Giddy and Foolish all day long
Boom, Boom, ain't it great to be Crazy!
Way down south where bananas grow
A flea stepped on an elephant's toe
The elephant cried with tears in his eyes
"Why don't you pick on someone your own size?"
Way up north were there's ice and snow
There was a penguin and his name was Joe
He got tired of black and white
So he wore pink slacks to the dance last night!
A horse and a flea and three blind mice
Sat on the curbstone shooting dice
The horse, he slipped and fell on the flea
Woops! Said the flea, there's a horse on me!
I bought a suit of combination underwear
Guaranteed not to rip or tear
I wore them six months and to my consternation
I couldn't get the darned thing off, I'd lost the combination!
I love myself. I think I'm grand.
When I go to the movies, I hold my hand.
I put my arm around my waist,
And when I get fresh, I slap my face.
I call myself on the telephone
Just to hear my musical tone.
I ask myself for a heavy date,
And I pick myself up at half past eight.
Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear,
And Fuzzy Wuzzy cut his hair.
So, Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't fuzzy.
No, by Jove, he wasn't, was he?
I take a swim in my swimming pool.
I jump from the board 'cause that's the rule.
I hit my head on cement and mortar.
Forgot to look - there was no water.
That one-eared cat who used to sit
Watching Grandma rock and knit
Swallowed a ball of bright red yarn,
And out came kittens with red sweaters on.
I had a dog and he had fleas.
He had fleas all over his knees.
And every time his tail went flop,
The fleas on the bottom all jumped to the top!
Once I had a little cat
And all she ate was yarn
And when those kittens came
They came with sweaters on!
Once I had a little dog
And all she ate was cans
And when those puppies came
They came in Ford sedans!
When Mary had a little lamb
The doctor was surprised
When Old MacDonald had a farm
The doctor nearly died!
Notes
There are many different verses to this song!
Chaz Woody wrote, "Another verse to your collection of Boom, Boom (Ain't it great to be crazy):
"Little Willy went out west
Where he thought the food was best
Then they laid him down to rest
With a concrete meatball in his chest"
I learned this song at a church summer camp in the 60's."
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Thanks to Chloe Gioia for sharing this Canadian version of this song with us! Thanks to Chaz Woody for sharing another verse with us!