So Dear to my Heart
So dear to my heart
That Septembery day
When that old shady lane we strolled
Was just turning scarlet and gold
So dear to my heart
So dear to my heart
That Decembery day
When the first touch of frost and snow
Had painted each tree in the road
So dear to my heart
I still can picture the flowers in a shower
And that picnic in July
And I still treasure each and every hour
Of those years that had to fly
They're locked in my heart
In a corner apart
While I tenderly hold the key
As long as I live they will be
So dear to my heart
It's Whatcha Do with Whatcha Got
It's whatcha do with whatcha got
And never mind how much you got
It's whatcha do with whatcha got
Thay pays off in the end
You gotta start with whatcha got
If what ya got ain't such a lot
To make the most of whatcha got
Here's what I recommend
Ya start by a-tryin'
And applyin' your best
If you try there ain't no denying
There's a way to feather your nest
You gotta add how whatcha do
And multiply by whatcha do
You think you can't win but you do
And you get back dividends
It's whatcha do with whatcha got
And never mind how much ya got
It's whatcha do with whatcha got
Thay pays off in the end
It's the means you "applyeth"
That raises your stock
Look what David did to Goliath
With a little old hunk of rock
It's whatcha do with whatcha got
And never mind how much ya got
It's whatcha do with whatcha got
Thay pays off in the end
Now looke here, son, stop a-sittin'
Gettin' somewhere takes some gettin'
You can't sit and 'spect to get it
Now the road to fame takes muscle
Lots of work and lots of hustle
So start right in and hit it
Now if at first you don't succeed
A lot of spunk is what you need
Where someone else will take the lead
So try, try, try again
Just get up when you fall down
And don't be forlorn
Look how Joshua busted that wall down
With a little old measly horn
It's whatcha do with whatcha got
And never mind just how much ya got
It's whatcha do with whatcha got
Thay pays off in the end
Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)
Lavenders blue, dilly dilly
Lavenders green
If I were king, dilly dilly
I'd need a queen
Who told me so dilly dilly
Who told me so?
I told myself dilly dilly
I told me so
If your dilly dilly heart
Feels a dilly dilly way
And if you answer yes
In a pretty little church
On a dilly dilly day
You'll be wed in a dilly dilly
Dress of lavender blue dilly dilly
Lavender green
Then I'll be king dilly dilly
And you'll be my queen
Stick-to-it-ivity
Now where there's a will
There's a way to do it
But you'll never get there
If you don't stick to it
Now let me tell you about a fella
Who had the right stuff
And wouldn't give up
Even when the goin' got rough
Christopher Columbus
Livin' in Spain
Showed capacity
For usin' his brain
Studied his geography
Had it down pat
Said I'm gonna prove
That the world ain't flat
Because she thought he was right
Queen Isabella one night
Gave him three small boats
One, two, three
Now uh, the boats were kinda leaky
Started to sail
Came a hurricane
A furious gale
Waves were a-lashin'
Future looked black
Sailors started yellin'
"Chris, turn back"
On that eventful day
what did Columbus say
Why I said
Stick-to-it-ivity
If you got that stuff
Called stick-to-it-ivity
You're gonna do all right
Old man adversity
Gonna have his bluff called
Stick-to-it-ivity
Never lost a fight
Yes siree
Yes siree
You can clear the deck
For opportunity
By applyin'
Stick-to-it-ivity
If ya got that stuff called
Stick-to-it-ivity
You're gonna do all right
We're gonna do all right
Now, don't think Columbus
Was the only one
Who did what folks said
Couldn't be done
So when folks say
"'Taint no use "
Remember Robert Bruce
Robert was the bravest king
Scotland has ever known
Came the enemy
To threaten his throne
Twice he went to battle
Twice he met defeat
Headed for the Highlands
In retreat
He thought he'd give up the fight
But it so happened one night
He saw a spider at work
Back and forth and back
Up and down and up
Spider kept a-swingin'
Swingin' on his thread
Tried to hook it
To a limb overhead
Spider kept a-missin'
Every time he tried
"You're never going to make it"
Robert cried
On that eventful day
What did the spider say
Says I, Robert, me lad
Stick-to-it-ivity
If ya got that stuff called
Stick-to-it-ivity
You're going to do all right
Old man adversity
Going to have his bluff called
Stick-to-it-ivity
Never lost a fight
Yes siree
Yes siree
You can clear the deck
For opportunity
By applyin'
Stick-to-it-ivity
If you've got that stuff called
Stick-to-it-ivity
You're going to do all right
We're gonna do all right
Yes siree
Yes siree
You can clear the deck
For opportunity
By applyin'
Stick-to-it-ivity
If you've got that stuff called
Stick-to-it-ivity
You're going to do all right
You're going to do all right
The Country Fair
Ho-dee-I, ho-dee-ay
What a great big wonderful day
Not a care in the air
Everybody you know
From Matilda to Joe
Will be there at the county fair
Ho-dee-ay, ho-dee-I
What a great big beautiful sky
All the clowns like the crowds
You can bet will be dressed
In their brightest and best
For their stay at the county fair
The teenage misters
Will be shooin' little sisters
To the Ferris wheel up above
And they'll be gettin'
Their best gals for pettin'
In the Tunnel of Love
Ho-dee-I, ho-dee-ay
Come and throw your troubles away
Just a grin gets you in
On this day of the year
When there's nothing but cheer
To share at the county fair
