(Fuzzy-Wuzzy Caterpillar)
A popular song from 1921.
Words by T. E. B. Henry.
Music by Geoffrey O’ Hara.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
A fuzzy-wuzzy caterpiller
Loved a humming bird
All on a summer’s day
Of love this haughty birdling
Tho’ refused to hear a word
All on a summer’s day
Said she, “I’m very beautiful
While ugly, Sir, are you
And really ’tis presumption
Sir, for you to dare to woo
The one that wins my love
Sir Worm, must be a gay gallant
So try your arts on other hearts
For win this one you can’t”
But fiercer grew the love within
Poor fuzzy-wuzzy’s breast
All on a summer’s day
It grew and swelled until it filled
And burst his fuzzy vest
All on a summer’s day
Then forth he sprang, a dazzling Knight
On wings of burnished gold
With Cupid’s dart he pierced her heart
This lover brave and bold
Then ’round Miss Hummingbird a web
Of shining silk he spun
And on the wings of love they sped
To realms beyond the sun
A tiny airship fleet as wind
From goss’mer silk he spun
And with his true love sailed away
To realms beyond the sun
Sung here by Vancha March: