I was watching Yes, Dear (shadddup!) and the brother-in-law sings the song to Chuck Norris’ daughter. But he only sang the part I remember. I asked my daughter the rest but the best she could tell me was “The fairy turns him into a frog.” Well, that’s not a song. What comes after: Little Bunny Foo Foo
Hopping throught the forest
Gathering up all the field mice
and bopping them on the head.
And, while your at it, could you please tell me if there are other verses to this songy-type rhyme:
*It ain’t gonna rain no more, no more
It aint gonna rain no more.
So how in the heck
I’ma wash my neck
If it ain’t gonna rain no more?
A boy was sitting on the railroad tracks
His feet where full of blisters
Tore his pants on a rusty nail
And now he wears his sisters*
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
If you ever pick a copy of Runaway Ralph by Beverly Cleary, a sequel to her The Mouse and the Motorcycle, you’ll find a bunch of these songs being sung by the “middle-sized children” (i.e. ten years old or so) at a summer camp, including “Little Rabbit Fru-fru” and “Great Green Gobs of Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts”.
OK, I heard Little Rabbit Foo-Foo when I was a kid. And in that version the Fairy warns him about boppin’ the field mice on the head and finally turns him into a Goon, and the moral is “Hare today, goon tomorrow.”
I think that was just my friend Betty’s idiotic version.
Now. “It Ain’t Gonna Rain No Mo’” was a 1920s novelty song: I have a 1924 recording of The Happiness Boys (Billy Jones and Ernie Hare) singing it, and some of the verses go,
When Noah built the arc
He said it was his duty
He saved the beasts and birds and bugs
But why’d he save the cootie?
It ain’t gonna rain no more, no more (etc.)
When boating, never quarrel
Or you’ll find without a doubt,
A boat is not the proper place
To have a falling-out!
It ain’t gonna rain no more, no more (etc.)
The chicken is a wonderful bird
The hungry hobo said,
We eat them both before they’re born
And after they are dead!
It ain’t gonna rain no more, no more
It aint gonna rain no more.
So how in the hell
Can the old folks tell
It ain’t gonna rain no more?
Now, anyone need any help with “I Wish I was in Peoria” or “Horses, Horses, Horses?”
From what I know, the fairy turns BFF into a goon.
Little Bunny Foo Foo
Hopping throught the forest Scooping up all the field mice
and bopping them on the head.
The good fairy came down and said…
"Little Bunny Foo Foo,
I don’t want to see you,
Scooping up the field mice
and bopping them on the head.
I’ll give you just two more chances. Then I’m going to change you into a goon."
Repeat using “one more chance etc”
Repeat saying “No more chances. I’m going to change you into a goon”
Then the motto, which you spring on people afterwards.
“Hare today, Goon tomorrow.”
At least…that’s how I’ve always heard the song go.
Heh. When I was a kid, I heard the song so many times that I thought “Hare today, goon tomorrow” was the real expression, and my grandmother was being tremendously witty when she said “Here today, gone tomorrow.”
I always prefered “scoopin’ up the field mice, and bitting of thier heads,” complete with an imitation of chomping off a little critter’s head, then spitting it out, personally.
For the record, Wendell Hall (“The Red-Headed Music Maker”) is the man responsible for the large hit that “It Ain’t Gonna Rain No More” became in the 1920’s.
Of course it’s little bunny foo foo, and he’s scooping up the field mice and bopping them on the head, because those work best when using hand gestures to amuse real little kids.
They especially giggle if you accompany scoop with a scooping/tickling of their bellies.
I learned that one from my old pal Michael Jackson…