PETER COTTONTAIL
(Steve Edward Nelson / Jack Rollins)

Gene Autry - 1950
Mervin Shiner - 1950
Fran Allison - 1950
Jimmy Wakely - 1950
Johnnie Lee Wills - 1950
Sammy Kaye & His Orch. (vocal: The Kaydets) - 1950
Bob Crosby & His Bobcats (Radio Transcript) - 1950
Maddox Brothers & Rose (Radio Transcript) - 1953
Danny Kaye (feat. in the TV show "Here Comes Peter Cottontail") - 1971

Also recorded by:
Roy Rogers; Rosemary Clooney; Fran Allison; Hank Snow.



As recorded by GENE AUTRY:


Here comes Peter Cottontail
Hoppin' down the bunny trail
Hippity hoppin', Easter's on its way

Bringin' ev'ry girl and boy
Baskets full of Easter joy
Things to make your Easter bright and gay

He's got jelly beans for Tommy
Colored eggs for sister Sue
There's an orchid for your mommy
And an Easter bonnet too

Oh, here comes Peter Cottontail
Hoppin' down the bunny trail
Hippity hoppity, Happy Easter Day

(Instrumental Break)

Here comes Peter Cottontail
Hoppin' down the bunny trail
Hippity hoppin', Easter's on its way

Try to do the things you should
Maybe if you're extra good
He'll roll lots of Easter eggs your way

You'll wake up on Easter mornin'
And you'll know that he was there
When you find those choc'late bunnies
That he's hiding ev'rywhere

Oh, here comes Peter Cottontail
Hoppin' down the bunny trail
Hippity hoppity, Happy Easter Day

Hippity hoppity, Happy Easter Day


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As recorded by ROY ROGERS:


(Hippity hoppity, hippity hoppity, hippity hoppity)

Here comes Peter Cottontail
Hoppin' down the bunny trail
Hippity hoppin', Easter's on its way

Bringin' ev'ry girl and boy
Baskets full of Easter joy
Things to make your Easter bright and gay

He's got jelly beans for Tommy
Colored eggs for sister Sue
There's an orchid for your mommy
And an Easter bonnet too

Oh, here comes Peter Cottontail
Hoppin' down the bunny trail
Hippity hoppity, Happy Easter Day

(Instrumental Break)

(He's got jelly beans for Tommy)
(Colored eggs for sister Sue)
(There's an orchid for your mommy)
(And an Easter bonnet too)

(Instrumental Break)

Here comes Peter Cottontail
Hoppin' down the bunny trail
Look at him stop and listen to him say

"Try to do the things you should"
Maybe if you're extra good
He'll roll lots of Easter eggs your way

You'll wake up on Easter morning
And you'll know that he was there
When you find those choc'late bunnies
That he's hidin' ev'rywhere

Oh, here comes Peter Cottontail
Hoppin' down the bunny trail
Hippity hoppity, Happy Easter Day

(He's got jelly beans for Tommy)
(Colored eggs for sister Sue)
There's an orchid for your mommy
And an Easter bonnet too

Oh, here comes Peter Cottontail
Hoppin' down the bunny trail
Hippity hoppity, hippity, Happy Easter Day