Hey, Jolly Ho! (It's A Jolly Good Time!)

Hey, Jolly Ho! (It's A Jolly Good Time!)

I'm a pearl-loving pirate

With an eye-patch. I am dread-

ful. I am hiding in a cave

(Which is back behind the bed),

And I'm trying to catch

A Polly-want-a parrot

With a cracker and a carrot.

It's a jolly good time!

Hey, Jolly ho

Jolly ho-ho

Jolly-o

Hey, Jolly ho

It's a jolly good time!

I'm a brave sea captain

With a frou-frou kind of cap.

My ship is in a storm

That I'm making in my bath.

I'm pretending that I'm lost

Without a proper compass,

So I splash and make a rumpus.

It's a jolly good time!

Hey, Jolly ho

Jolly ho-ho

Jolly-o

Hey, Jolly ho

It's a jolly good time!

I'm a crack-shot cowboy,

And my daddy is the horse.

My cousin's Pocahontas

(She's a natural, of course).

Pocahontas gets bored,

So we settle down to camping--

Then the horse starts stamping!

It's a jolly good time!

Hey, Jolly ho

Jolly ho-ho

Jolly-o

Hey, Jolly ho

It's a jolly good time!

I'm a famous astronauter

In a shiny silver suit

Of aluminum foil

From the kitchen drawer. I shoot

With an eggbeater ray-gun

At a cockroach on the ceiling.

Outer space is so appealing!

It's a jolly good time!

Hey, Jolly ho

Jolly ho-ho

Jolly-o

Hey, Jolly ho

It's a jolly good time!

I am Santa Claus the Second

Reigning over Elfindom.

My coach-and-four is ready

Should an elfin princess come.

We could take some toys

To the children in Zimbabwe

With our jingle-bells-on-bob-sleigh.

It's a jolly good time!

Hey, Jolly ho

Jolly ho-ho

Jolly-o

Hey, Jolly ho

It's a jolly good time!

Karen Gladys Henry © 2006
Photo and Photopainting by Karen Gladys Henry © 2007/ © 2009