japonisme: June Is Bustin' Out All Over

24 June 2007

June Is Bustin' Out All Over

Nettie
March went out like a lion
Awavin' up the water in the bay;
Then April cried and stepped aside,
And 'long came pretty little May!
May was full of promises
But she didn't keep 'em quick enough for some
And the crowd of doubtin' thomases
Was predictin' that the summer'd never come

Men
But it's comin' by dawn,
We can feel it come,
You can feel it in your heart
You can see it in the ground

Girls
You can see it in the trees
You can smell it in the breeze

All
Look around! Look around! Look around!

Nettie
June is bustin' out all over
All over the meadow and the hill!
Buds're bustin' outa bushes
And the rompin' river pushes
Ev'ry little wheel that wheels beside the mill!

June is bustin' out all over
The feelin' is gettin' so intense,
That the young Virginia creepers
Hev been huggin' the bejeepers
Outa all the mornin' glories on the fence!
Because it's June...

All
June, June, June
Just because it's June, June, June!

Nettie
Fresh and alive and gay and young
June is a love song, sweetly song

All
June is bustin' out all over!
The saplin's are bustin' out with sap!
Love hes found my brother, Junior,
And my sister's even loonier!
And my Ma is gettin' kittenish with Pap!
June in bustin' out all over

Nettie
The ladies and men are payin' court.
Lotsa ships are kept at anchor
Jest because the captains hanker
Fer the comfort they ken only get in port!

All
Because it's June... June, June, June
Just because it's June, June, June!

Nettie
June makes the bay look bright and new
Sails gleamin' bright on sunlit blue

All
June is bustin' out all over
The ocean is full of Jacks and Jills,
With the little tail a-swishing'
Ev'ry lady fish is wishin'
That a male would come
And grab 'er by the gills!

Nettie
June is bustin' out all over!
The sheep aren't sleepin' anymore!
All the rams that chase the ewe-sheep
All determined there'll be new sheep
and the ewe-sheep aren't even keepin' score!

All
On acounta it's June! June, June, June
Just because it's June, June, June!

(from the rogers and hammerstein musical)

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4 Comments:

Blogger Karla said...

Um, I fear you're resurrecting my memories of high school here, but I guess that's ok.

27 June, 2007 19:30  
Blogger lotusgreen said...

heh--well, just start singing!

28 June, 2007 22:45  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thought the line was originally:
"But it's comin' by gum," not by
dawn. And "Ye ken hear it in the
trees."

17 July, 2007 07:31  
Blogger lotusgreen said...

darn! thank you! i went over a whole lot of versions of this and thought i had caught all of those kind of things, but apparently not!

17 July, 2007 11:44  

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