HANNIBAL, MO ... SOURI !
From the film: "Tom Sawyer" aka "A Musical Adaptation of Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer" - 1973
(Robert B. Sherman / Richard M. Sherman)

Sung by Full Cast and Picnickers


Load up the vittles, pickles, and hams
Melons, and cherry pie
Fritters and dumplin's,
Turkeys and yams
Pack in a big supply
Apples and peaches,
Soda to sip
Cider is gonna flow
With a hey and a ho
And away we go
On a holiday in Hannibal, Mo…
…souri!

Latch up the windows,
Lock up the doors
Gotta get on the go
Line up the buggies,
Wagons, and rigs
Meet all the folks you know
You bring the fiddle
You bring the drum
You bring the old banjo
And a hey and a ho
And away we'll go
On a holiday in Hannibal, Mo…
…souri!

Lady:
Who brung the watermelons?

Man:
I done

Lady:
Put them in the buggy
By the box of red plums
Who brung the lemonade?

Lady: Ask her

Man:
It's here in the wagon
With the buttermilk churn
Where's Mary?

Man:
With Nellie

Boys:
Standin' guard on the jams and jelly

Boy:
Where's all the fireworks?

Boy:
Don't know

Kids:
But you're gonna see `em
All the way from here to St. Jo

All:
Better get ready
The time is right
We'll be gone all day
And half of the night
The road is rugged,
So hold on tight
No time for lollygaggin',
Everybody on the wagon

Driver:
Giddap!

All:
Get up the horses
Give `em the reigns
They know the way to go
Down by the river,
Over the ridge
Into the old meadow

Oh, what a feelin',
Oh, what a day
Bright as a daisy glow
With a hey and a ho
And away we go
On a holiday in Hannibal, Mo…
…souri!

[Orchestra plays as wagons, buggies, and rigs travel to picnic]

Oh, what a feelin',
Oh, what a day
Bright as a daisy glow
With a hey and a ho
And away we go
On a holiday in Hannibal, Mo…
…souri!

[Orchestra plays while games are being played at picnic]

[Night time has fallen, and the picnickers all sit around the fire
and sing softly]

Oh, what a feelin',
Oh, what a day
Bright as a daisy glow
With a hey and a ho
And away we go
On a holiday in Hannibal, Missouri



(Transcribed by Carlene Bogle - July 2004)