Heap o' Links Mon Jun 1, 2026

you know i was born with a certain habit that's part of me
it gives me happiness
somehow

and now this habit is right at home in the heart of me
without it i'm no good no how

you can feed me bread and water
or a great big bale of hay
but don't take my boop-oop-a-doop away

you can say my voice is awful
or my songs are too risque
but don't take my boop-oop-a-doop away

i'd feel like a lonesome barrel without a hoop
if you should deprive me of by boop-oop-a-doop boop-oop-a-doop

it's the only thing i'll live for till the time i'm old and gray
so don't take my boop-oop-a-doop away

it would grieve me to think that justice is always blind
i hope it won't be so
this time

for the sake of all justice gentlemen please be kind
forgive this little miss
her crime

you can take her father's money
make her boyfriends pay and pay
but don't take her boop-oop-a-doop away

you can lock them all in prison
for a lifetime and a day
but don't take her boop-a-doop away

she'd feel like a little chicken locked in a coop
if you should deprive her of her boop-oop-a-doop boop-oop-a-doop

if you've got a heart within you
then i know you'll say ok
but don't take her boop...