HONEY BUN

from musical "South Pacific"
1949 New York 1951 London
filmed 1955
Richard Rodgers (m) Oscar Hammerstein II (l) 1949

as recorded by Mary Martin
with Salvatore Dell'Isola & his Orchestra
April 1949 New York
(original stage production)


My doll is as dainty as a sparrow,
Her picture is something to applaud!
Where she's narrow
She's as narrow
As an arrow,
And she's broad
Where a broad
Should be broad!

A hundred and one
Pounds of fun,
That's my little honey bun,
Get a load o' honey bun tonight!
A-speakin' of my
Sweetie pie,
Only sixty inches high,
Every inch is packed with dynamite!

Her hair is blonde and curly,
Her curls are hurly-burly!
Her lips are pips,
I curl her hips
Whirly and whirly!

She's my babe, I'm her pap,
I'm her booby, she's my trap!
I am caught and I don't wanna run,
'Cause I'm havin' so much fun with honey bun!

I am caught and I don't wanna run,
'Cause I'm havin' so much fun with honey bun!
Believe me sonny,
She's a cookie who can cook ya till you're done!
Ain't bein' funny,
Sonny, put your money on my honey bun!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - September 2013)