a 1922 popular song words by Christopher Morley music by Richard Hageman
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Animal crackers and cocoa to drink
That is the finest of suppers, I think
When I’m grown up and can have what I please
I think I shall always insist upon these
What do you choose when you’re offered a treat?
When Mother says, “What would you like best to eat?”
Is is waffles and syrup, or cinnamon toast?
It’s cocoa and animals that I love most!
The kitchen’s the cosiest place that I know
The kettle is singing, the stove is a-glow
And there in the twilight, how jolly to see
The cocoa and animals waiting for me
Daddy and Mother dine later in state
With Mary to cook for them, Susan to wait
But they don’t have nearly as much fun as I
Who eat in the kitchen with Nurse standing by
And Daddy once said, he would like to be me
Having cocoa and animals once more for tea