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Poems by Red Skelton.  A collection of poetry, and song lyrics, composed by the multi-talented Red.

Madam, I Love Your Crepes Suzette – song lyrics from “Dubarry Was A Lady“

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,
But when you’re with me, why be so a la carte?Read More »Madam, I Love Your Crepes Suzette

Freddie the Freeloader (Red Skelton) singing "There's Nothing Worse than Loneliness at Christmastime"

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.

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Red Skelton and Mark Anthony with the Cole Brothers circus

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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