WHEN I SEE AN ELEPHANT FLY
From the Walt Disney film "Dumbo" (1941)
(Oliver Wallace / Ned Livingston)

Cliff Edwards, Jim Carmichael
& The Hall Johnson Choir (Film Soundtrack) - 1941



(Did you ever see an elephant fly?)
(Well, I seen a horsefly)
(And I seen a dragonfly)
(Yeah, I seen a housefly)
(Ha-ha-ha-ha)

Yeah, I seen all that too...

I seen a peanut stand, heard a rubber band
I seen a needle that winked its eye
But I be done seen 'bout ev'rything
When I see a elephant fly

(What d'you say, boy?)
I said when I see a elephant fly

I seen a front porch swing, heard a diamond ring
I seen a polka-dot railroad tie
But I be done seen 'bout ev'rything
When I see a elephant fly

(I saw a clothes horse, he r'ar up and buck)
(And they tell me that a man made a vegetable truck)
(I didn't see that, I only heard)
(But just to be sociable, I'll take your word)

(I heard a fireside chat, I saw a baseball bat)
(And I just laughed till I thought I'd die)
But I be done seen 'bout ev'rything
When I see a elephant fly

Well I be done seen 'bout ev'rything
When I see a elephant fly
(With the wings)
When I see an elephant fly


END VERSION:

(I seen a peanut stand, heard a rubber band)
(I seen a needle that winked it's eye)
ELEPHANTS:
Now I be done seen about ev'rything
When I see an elephant fly
(Oh my!)
CROWS:
When I see
When I see
When I see an elephant fly
(Look at him go)
When I see an elephant fly
(Happy landings, son)
(Yippee!)
When I see an elephant fly
I sure wish I'd a-got his autograph
(Oh man, I got his autograph)
Well, so long glamour boy!



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - March 2008)


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Extra verses not used in the film:

I even heard a chocolate drop
I went into a store, saw a bicycle shop
You can't deny the things you see
But I know there's certain things that just can't be.

The other day by chance, saw an old barn dance
And I just laughed 'til I thought I'd die
But I think I will have done seen ev'rything
When I see an elephant fly


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