From the film “Jack and the Beanstalk”, 1952.
Words and music by Bob Russell and Lester Lee.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- I wish the giant were alive
Alive this very minute
To look inside his grave
And see how lovely he looks in it
Refrain
He’s all laid out like a very good scout
And he never looked better in his life
We’re happy to give the devil his due
And he never looked better in his life
Interlude
We sing tra-la-la-la, tra-la-la
Ha, ha, ha, tra-la-la
He’s perpendicu-la, la, la
Tra-la-la-la-la
- If he could only see himself
He wouldn’t know the monster
And if he knew him he would
Be the only one who wonster
Refrain
He met his doom
He faw down and go boom
And he never looked better in his life
Someday by gosh he’ll be acres of squash
And he never looked better in his life
Interlude
HE fell on his vertebra, la-la
Ha, ha, ha, tra-la-la
He’s perpendicu-la, la, la
Tra-la-la-la-la
- He’s wearing sev’ral branches
Of the beanstalk for a necktie
I never seena better looking
Corpuscle delecti
Refrain
His toes are curled
And he’s out of this world
And he never looked better in his life
And there he lays to the end of his days
And he never looked better in his life
Interlude
So tune up the orchestra, la-la
Ha, ha, ha, tra-la-la
He’s perpendicu-la, la, la
Tra-la-la-la-la
Refrain
He’s all laid out like a very good scout
And he never looked better in his life
We’re happy to give the devil his due
And he never looked better in his life