A popular song from 1937.
Words and music by Larry Clinton.
Sheet music provided by Jeremy Davis:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
The dipsy doodle’s a thing to be ware
The dipsy doodle will get in your hair
And if it gets you it couldn’t be worse
The things you say will come out in reverse
Like, you love I and me love you
That’s the way the dipsy doodle works
The dipsy doodle is easy to find
It’s almost always in back of your mind
You never know it until it’s too late
And then you’re in such a terrible state
Like the moon jumped over the cow, hey diddle
That the way the dipsy doodle works
When you think that you’re crazy
You’re the victim of the dipsy doodle
But it’s not your mind that’s hazy
It’s your tongue that’s at fault not your noodle
You’d better listen and try to be good
And try to do all the things that you should
The dipsy doodle will get you some day
You’ll think you’re crazy, the things you’ll say
Like rhythm got I and hot am I
That the way the dipsy doodle works