Little Boy song lyrics
Song lyrics to Little Boy, composed and performed by Red Skelton
A very sad, bittersweet song. Composed and performed by Red Skelton on the Red Skelton Hour episode, The Seven Ages of Man.
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Poems by Red Skelton. A collection of poetry, and song lyrics, composed by the multi-talented Red.
Go Ask Father [poem]
Go Ask Father – a poem recited by Red Skelton’s character, J. Newton Numbskull, in A Royal Command Performance I asked my girl if we… Read More »Go Ask Father [poem]
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If I Were the King of the Birdies [song lyrics]
Song lyrics to If I Were the King of the Birdies, written and performed by Red Skelton in A Royal Command Performance
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The Night Before Christmas song [Red Skelton]
The Night Before Christmas is a song composed by Red Skelton, and performed on The Red Skelton Hour episode, The Plight Before Christmas
The snowflakes were falling
The night before Christmas
The houses with holly
And trees trimmed so bright
Grandfather, Grandmother poem by Red Skelton
Grandfather, Grandmother – a poem by an older Red Skelton, recited on his weekly television showRead More »Grandfather, Grandmother poem by Red Skelton
Madam, I Love Your Crepes Suzette
Madam, I Love Your Crepes Suzette – song lyrics from “Dubarry Was A Lady“
Song lyrics to Madam, I Love Your Crepes Suzette, Music by Burton Lane, lyrics by Lew Brown and Ralph Freed (1943)
Sung by Red Skelton with Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra (film soundtrack)
also recorded by Danny Kaye
No thank you,
No thank you,
No thank you, no!
I don’t mean to be rude,
But I’m not in the mood for food.
It’s lovely, it’s tempting, fit for a king, I know!
Your cooking’s a work of art,
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Algy and the Bear
Algy and the Bear, a poem recited in Ziegfeld Follies by Red Skelton using his J. Newton Numbskull character:
Algy saw a bear,
The bear saw Algy,
The bear was bulgy,
The bulge was Algy!Read More »Algy and the Bear
There’s Nothing Worse than Loneliness at Christmastime
There’s Nothing Worse than Loneliness at Christmastime – [written and sung by Red Skelton, as Freddy the Freeloader, in Red Skelton’s Christmas Dinner]
There is nothing worse than loneliness at Christmastime,
When old friends forget where you are,
While your memory still lingers,
You can count upon your fingers,
Those that know the meaning of the Star.
Frogs – a comedy poem by Red Skelton
Frogs, a poem by Red Skelton, read by Clem Kadiddlehopper
[Editor’s note: Frogs is recited to the cadence of Boots, a famous poem by Rudyard Kipling]
Frogs. Frogs. Frogs, they are everywhere.
Frogs. Frogs. Frogs croaking fill the air.
Louder. Louder. Louder is their blasting blare
and there’s no silence in the night.
Red Skelton’s poem, The Circus
Red Skelton’s The Circus – a poem in honor of Red’s father, by Red Skelton
Red Skelton, one of America’s great clowns, talks about an American tradition – the home of the men of mirth. The Circus is an ode he wrote, and recited on his television show. Actually, the poem, The Circus, is a tribute to Red’s father, a clown, whom Skelton never knew, since his father died two months before Red was born. But the love of clowning, the love of mime and of the Big Top with all its magic for everyone, is an innate thing with Skelton
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