I WISH I WUZ (HI, HO, FIDDLE DEE DEE)
(Lyn Murray / Sid Kuller)

Rosemary Clooney - 1951
Teresa Brewer - 1951
Bob Hope, Bing Crosby & Monica Lewis - 1951


Hi-ho, fiddle-dee-dee
Tell ya what I'd like to be
Hi-ho, fiddle-dee-dee
Here is what I dream I'd like to be

I wish I was a swingin', clingin' vine
I wish I was a swingin', clingin' vine
If I was a swingin', clingin' vine
I'd only cling to the boy of mine
I wish I was a swingin', clingin' vine

Hi-ho, fiddle-dee-dee
Tell ya what I'd like to be
Hi-ho, fiddle-dee-dee
Here is what I dream I'd like to be

(Instrumental Break)

I wish I was a glass of sherry wine
I wish I was a glass of sherry wine
If I was a glass of sherry wine
I'd warm your heart till you were mine
I wish I was a glass of sherry wine

Hi-ho, fiddle-dee-dee
Tell ya what I'd like to be
Hi-ho, fiddle-dee-dee
Here is what I dream I'd like to be

I wish I was an apple on a tree
I wish I was an apple on a tree
If I was an apple on a tree
A boy'd come along, take a bite from me
I wish I was an apple on a tree

Hi-ho, fiddle-dee-dee
Tell ya what I'd like to be
Hi-ho, fiddle-dee-dee
Here is what I dream I'd like to be

Here is what I dream I'd like to be


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - January 2005)