JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
Title song from the 1952 Abbott & Costello film



There goes Jack the reckless fool
Scootin' up the beanstalk, and with another fool
Maybe tonight the two, will be bottled in alcohool

There goes Jack, the village loon
And almost up the beanstalk, scamperin' to the moon
Doesn'rt know what he's doin'
He's hurrying to his ruin

No giant finds it bothersome 
To grapple with a midget
He'll pinion Jack beneath his thumb
And spank him with a digit

Spank him with a digit

Jack and the Beanstalk
We'll long remember when
He shinnied up the stalk 
To beard a giant in his den

Once up the beanstalk 
If Jack is set upon
Then Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
Or Jack you're good as gone

Up, up, up, up, there he goes
Up to where nobody knows
Long is the beanstalk
And short is little Jack

The long and short of it is
Is he ever coming back?
Jack and the beanstalk, there goes Jac.
But is Jack ever coming back?

I'll be back and when I've reappeared
With the Giant by the beard
You will tell the kids the legend of
The famous Giant Killer, Jack!

Jack and the beanstalk







(Contributed by  - March 2007)