Do Your Ears Hang Low?
(source: "The World's Best Funny Songs", Esther J. Nelson, 1988; also in "The Worm Song and Other Tasty Tunes, Janet Wilson, 1993, and in "The Kids' Campfire Book", Jane Drake and Ann Love, Kids Can Press, 1996.)

Do your ears hang low

Do they wobble to and fro?

Can you tie them in a knot?

Can you tie them in a bow?

Can you throw them over your shoulder

Like a continental soldier

Do your ears hang low?

Actions for the first verse:

Ears hang low: tug at earlobes

Wobble to and fro: wave hands back in forth

Tie them in a knot: tie an invisible knot

Tie them in a bow: tie an invisible bow

Throw them over your shoulder: toss something over your shoulder

Continental soldier: salute

Ears hang low: tug at earlobes

Thanks very much to Anne Flood for e-mailing me the rest of the verses to this song!

Yes, my ears hang low

Yes, they wobble to and fro

I can tie them in a knot

I can tie them in a bow

I can throw them over my shoulder

Like a continental soldier

Yes, my ears hang low!

Do your teeth hang out?

Do they rub against your snout?

Can you use them like a pick?

Can you take them in and out?

Can they do the boogie woogie

Like they do in any movie?

Do your teeth hang out?

Yes, my teeth hang out

Yes, they rub against my snout

I can use them like a pick

I can take them in and out

Yes, they do the boogie woogie

Like they do in any movie

Yes, my teeth hang out!

You can never change your nature

That is quite beyond your reach

If you're born to be a lemon

You can never be a peach

But the law of compensation,

This good lesson tries to teach

You can always squeeze a lemon

But you cannot squeeze a peach!