CHILDREN HAVE QUIZZICAL WAYS
(learned from Catharine Lucas in 1962)
A little boy read in a wonderful book
So the little boy thought he would go take a look,
He found him the brook and a fairy to love,
The little boy grew to a man strong and brave,
(from miriam berg's folksong collection)
Bickety, backety, book.
'Bout fairies who dwelt in a dell by a brook,
Brickety, brackety, brook.
O-lee, o-lay, o-loo, my darlin',
Children have quizzical ways.
O-lee, o-lay, o-loo, my darlin',
And some keep them all of their days.
Lickety, lackety, look.
At the fairies he read of in that wonderful book,
Bickety, backety, book.
O-lee, o-lay, o-loo...
And they rode back to home on the wings of a dove,
(chorus)
But he never forgot the pleasure they gave,
(chorus)