Lucky Dorito

My sister Lena came to visit with us last weekend. It’s funny how we get together and it’s as if we’ve never been apart. We laugh aLOT and repeat many of the same jokes and “inside” stories that make us laugh over and over. The girls love spending time with her – as do I!

We decided to go shopping and out to eat in a neighboring town and during the drive over, somehow all five of us ended up singing random little songs. One of us would start and all the rest would jump in as we remembered the words:

Ms Lucy had a baby

she named him Tiny Tim

she put him in the bathtub

to see if he could swim

he drank up all the water,

he ate up all the soap….

And then:

Behind the ‘frigerator

there was a piece of glass

Ms Lucy fell upon it

cut her little asssssssk

me no more questions,

I’ll tell you no more lies.

The cows are in the pasture,

making chocolate pies.

And:

I’m being eaten by a boa constrictor,

a boa constrictor,

and I don’t like it…. one bit.

Oh no, he’s nibbling my toes.

Oh gee, he’s up to my knee.

Oh fiddle, he’s up to my middle.

Oh heck, he’s up to my neck.

Oh dread, he’s eating my …… GULP!

And when we ran out of little songs, we moved on to commercials and tv show tunes:

My bologna has a first name, it’s O S C A R.

My bologna has a second name, it’s M A Y E R.

Ohh I love to eat it every day and if you ask me why I’ll sayyyyyyy,

’cause Oscar Mayer has a way with B O L O G N A.

Followed by:

I am stuck on Band-Aid brand ’cause Band-Aid’s stuck on me!

I am stuck on Band-Aid brand ’cause germs don’t stick on me!

‘Cause they hold on tight no matter what on fingers, toes, and knees.

I am stuck on Band-Aid brand ’cause Band-Aid helps heal me!

And:

Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale,

A tale of a fateful trip

That started from this tropic port

Aboard this tiny ship.

The mate was a mighty sailing man,

The skipper brave and sure.

Five passengers set sail that day

For a three hour tour, a three hour tour.

The weather started getting rough,

The tiny ship was tossed,

If not for the courage of the fearless crew

The minnow would be lost, the minnow would be lost.

The ship set ground on the shore of this uncharted desert isle

With Gilligan

The Skipper too,

The millionaire and his wife,

The movie star

The professor and Mary Ann,

Here on Gilligan’s Isle.

And:

Come and listen to a story about a man named Jed

A poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed,

Then one day he was shootin at some food,

And up through the ground came a bubblin crude.

Oil that is, black gold, Texas tea.

Well the first thing you know ol Jed’s a millionaire,

Kinfolk said “Jed move away from there”

Said “Californy is the place you ought to be”

So they loaded up the truck and moved to Beverly.

Hills, that is. Swimmin pools, movie stars.

It truly amazes me how I can’t remember what I ate for lunch yesterday but the words to these old things just pop into my head once I get started. So fun!

Now tell me, didn’t you just find yourself singing along in your head as you read them? Wonder which one will stick with you all day. Hmmmm?

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