- Oohm Plucky Plucky
- (actions in brackets)
Chorus:
- Oohm plucky plucky (strum a guitar throughout chorus)
- Oohm plucky plucky
- Oohm pluck pluck pluck (repeat)
- She sat by the river and strummed her guitar
- Strummed her guitar, strummed her guitar
- She sat by the river and strummed her guitar
- Strummed her guita-a-a-ar!
- (strum a guitar throughout verse)
He sat down beside her and smoked his cigar
Smoked his cigar, smoked his cigar- He sat down beside hre and smoked his cigar
- Smoked his ciga-a-a-ar!
- (smoke an invisible cigar)
He said that he loved her but oh, how he lied, - Oh, how he lied, oh, how he lied
- He said that he loved her but oh, how he lied,
- Oh, how he li-i-i-ied!
- (one hand up to forehead in dramatic gesture)
They were to be married but somehow she died - Somehow she died, somehow she died
- They were to be married but somehow she died
- Somehow she di-i-i-ied!
- (shrug shoulders, look innocent)
He went to her funeral but just for the ride (beep beep:
honk a horn)- Just for the ride, just for the ride
- He went to her funeral but just for the ride (beep
beep: honk a horn)
- Just for the ri-i-i-ide!
He sat on her tombstone and laughed till he cried - Laughed till he cried, laughed till he cried
- He sat on her tombstone and laughed till he cried
- Laughed till he cri-i-i-ied!
- (trace a smile on face, then tears running down cheeks,
for each line)
The tombstone fell over (one arm held upright, falling
over) and squish squash (as if squishing a bug with your hands),
he died - Squish squash, he died, squish squash, he died
- The tombstone fell over and squish squash, he died
- Squish, squash, he di-i-i-ied!
She flew up to heaven and flittered and flied, - Flittered and flied, flittered and flied
- She flew up to heaven and flittered and flied,
- Flittered and fli-i-i-ied!
- (flutter arms like fairy wings)
He went down below her and sizzled and fried, - Sizzled and fried, sizzled and fried
- He went down below her and sizzled and fried,
- Sizzled and fri-i-i-ied!
- (action as if cooking bacon in a frying pan)
The moral of the story is never to lie, - Never to lie, never to lie
- The moral of the story is never to lie,
- Never to li-i-i-ie!
- (wag finger "no")