A Letter from Summer Camp

Amilcare Ponchielli
(31 August, 1834 – 17 January 17, 1886)

This MP3 Selection Expired on 09-08-2006:
Allan Sherman (1963) - Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh

Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh
(adpated from the ballet music "The Dance of the Hours"
of Ponchielli's opera La Gioconda)

Vocal: Allan Sherman (1963)


Hello Muddah, hello Fadduh
Here I am at Camp Grenada
Camp is very entertaining
And they say we'll have some fun if it stops raining

I went hiking with Joe Spivy
He developed poison ivy
You remember Leonard Skinner
He got ptomaine poisoning last night after dinner

All the counselors hate the waiters
And the lake has alligators
And the head coach wants no sissies
So he reads to us from something called 'Ulysses'

Now I don't want this should scare ya
But my bunkmate has malaria
You remember Jeffrey Hardy
They're about to organize a searching party

Take me home, oh muddah fadduh, take me home, I hate Grenada
Don't leave me out in the forest where I might get eaten by a bear
Take me home, I promise I will not make
Noise or mess the house with other boys
Oh please don't make me stay, I've been here one whole day

Dearest Fadduh, darling Muddah
How's my precious little bruddah
Let me come home if ya miss me
I will even let Aunt Bertha hug and kiss me

Wait a minute, it stopped hailing
Guys are swimming, guys are sailing
Playing baseball, gee that's better
Muddah Fadduh kindly disregard this letter