Hello Mudduh Hello Fadduh A Letter From Camp Cifras

Words by Allan Sherman
Music from Ponchielli's "Dance of the Hours" from La Gioconda
Recorded by Allan Sherman, 1963
 
 
A                     E
Hello, Muddah! Hello, Fadduh!
E      E7            A
Here I am at Camp Granada.
A       C#7       D
Camp is very entertaining,
D        E                   E7              A
And they say we'll have some fun if it stops raining.
 
A                      E
I went hiking with Joe Spivy.
E      E7           A
He developed poison ivy.
A     C#7            D
You remember Leonard Skinner?
D        E                E7               A
He got ptomaine poisoning last night after dinner.
 
A                           E
All the counselors hate the waiters.
E       E7           A
And the lake has alligators.
A       C#7                 D
And the head coach wants no sissies,
D     E                E7                A
So he reads to us from something called Ulysses.
 
A                        E
Now I don't want this to scare ya,
E      E7            A
But my bunk mate has malaria.
A     C#7            D
You remember Jeffrey Hardy?
D        E           E7               A
They're about to organize a searching party.
 
Ref
F#m     C#7
Take me home.Oh Muddah, Fadduh,
F#m     C#7
Take me home.I hate Granada.
Bm7   D     A             F#m    D        Bm
Don't leave me out in the forest where, I might
Bm  C#7
Get eaten by a bear.
F#m     C#7
Take me home.
C#7              F#m      C#7
I promise I will not make noise,
C#7                    Bm7   D  A
Or mess the house with oth - er boys.
A   F#m                  D
Oh, please don't make me stay,
D    Bm7       C#7 D7    C#7
I've been here one whole day.
 
A                       E
Dearest Fadduh, Darling Muddah,
E        E7               A
How's my precious, little bruddah?
A      C#7              D
Let me come home if you miss me.
D       E             E7             A
I would even let Aunt Bertha hug and kiss me!
 
A                          E
Wait a minute!It's stopped hailing.
E        E7                A
Guys are swimming.Guys are sailing.
A       C#7                  D
Playing baseball.Gee! That's bettah
D       E              E7             A
Muddah, Fadduh, kindly disregard this letter!
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