Punch And Judy Show

Written for: The Laugh Parade (1931)
Lyric: Mort Dixon & Joe Young
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1931
Original publisher: Harms, Inc.

Verse:

Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta, ra-ta-ta-ta-ta,
Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta, listen to the band,
There's banners flying in the air,
Peanuts, popcorn ev'rywhere;
Ev'ry Jack and Jill and Sal
Is at the carnival.
Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta, ra-ta-ta-ta-ta,
Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta, ev'ry instrument,
Oh, hear that barker barking
At the Punch and Judy tent.
Bally-ho, bally-ho!

Chorus:

Come in a bunch 'n see
Mister Punch, a red nose clown,
Knocking ev'rybody down,
At the Punch and Judy Show.
Come see the cop 'n he'll
Take a flop when he gets hit;
Judy's gonna throw a fit
At the Punch and Judy Show.
See Mister Punch bring down his club
Each time the baby cries;
In comes the alligator,
Then with great big flaming eyes.
He grabs Mister Punch 'n yells,
"What a lunch, I'll eat it all."
Then the curtain starts to fall
At the Punch and Judy Show.

Interlude:

INSTRUMENTAL

Patter:

Tickets cost a dime a piece,
For children only five;
Cheapest show you ever saw,
As sure as you're alive.
Come inside and laugh until
Your joints are out of whack;
If you don't, you get your money back!
Ballo-ho, ballo-ho!