(Ho Ho Hum)
From “Road To Morocco”, 1942.
Words by Johnny Burke.
Music by Jimmy Van Heusen.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
They say, if wishes were horses
Then beggars would ride
Well, I guess I’ll have to walk
Because My wishes hate to be tied
Refrain
Ain’t got a dime to my name
What a terrible shame
Ho hum! Ho, ho hum!
Just found a hole in my shoe
And my stocking shows through
Ho hum! Ho ho hum!
I know that when you’re as free as a bird in a tree
Life is a wonderful whim
Look at the crank with his dough in the bank
Don’t you feel sorry for him?
Rolling along at a loss
Never gathering moss
Ho hum! Ho ho, ho ho hum!