From the 1934 film “Operator 13”
words by Gus Kahn
music by Walter Donaldson
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Rip Van Winkle was a man
Who taught folks how to sleep
Twenty good long years
Wrapped in slumber deep
You ain’t Rip Van Winkle
But you do your best
Boy, you sure do love your rest
Chorus
Sleepy head, come on get out o’ bed
Ain’t you heard the rooster crow?
Must a been a week ago
Good for nothin’ sleepy head
Sleepy head, see the sun so bright and red
He’s been up and ridin’ high
But you just let the time go by
Good for nothin’ sleepy head
Everything you do you do tomorrow
But you’ve got a lot to do today
Mind me now, you’re bound to come to sorrow
You’re just gonna sleep your sleepy head away
Sleepy head, I’d take away that bed
But you’re such a lazy pup
You’d be sleepin’ standin’ up
Good for nothin’ sleepy head
- Sleeping Beauty was a girl
Who slept for days and days
Till a handsome prince
Woke her from that haze
You’re a sleeping beauty
You outsleep them all
And you never leave a call
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: