From the film “Jack and the Beanstalk”, 1952. Words and music by Bob Russell and Lester Lee.
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Accompaniment
Lyrics
Refrain
He’s all laid out like a very good scout
And he never looked better in his life
We’re happy to give the devil his due
And he never looked better in his life
Interlude
We sing tra-la-la-la, tra-la-la
Ha, ha, ha, tra-la-la
He’s perpendicu-la, la, la
Tra-la-la-la-la
Refrain
He met his doom
He faw down and go boom
And he never looked better in his life
Someday by gosh he’ll be acres of squash
And he never looked better in his life
Interlude
HE fell on his vertebra, la-la
Ha, ha, ha, tra-la-la
He’s perpendicu-la, la, la
Tra-la-la-la-la
Refrain
His toes are curled
And he’s out of this world
And he never looked better in his life
And there he lays to the end of his days
And he never looked better in his life
Interlude
So tune up the orchestra, la-la
Ha, ha, ha, tra-la-la
He’s perpendicu-la, la, la
Tra-la-la-la-la
Refrain
He’s all laid out like a very good scout
And he never looked better in his life
We’re happy to give the devil his due
And he never looked better in his life