Ella Fitzgerald — The Cricket Song

[Intro] Just give me a little vamp [Verse 1] Crickets on the left, crickets on the right Crickets just singing with me all the night What can I do? They're too much competition But I love them, oh yes, I love them What do I do? What do I say? I don't care anyway 'Cause they made this a happy night for me So sing on, crickets [Bridge] As long as they sing, we know it's a happy thing 'Cause when they stop, that bother's over for me, over for me [Verse 2] So sing on, crickets, sing for me Come on, crickets, sing with me I don't care, I'm going on vacation now You can sing any way, anyhow, yeah Oh, these crickets Yes, those crickets, they sing and they swing me They keep wailin' Well, I wonder if they could wail the blues I wonder if they could do what Dizzy do I bet they could, I bet they would now And I know they should [Bridge] Well, I'm making this little tune up for you And when I'm through Somehow the melody we got off there Well, I guess, I guess, I guess it's time for me to go now [Outro] So sing, swing, sing on, swing on, crickets, sing with me 'Cause it's been a ball, what a ball Singin', and keep swingin' I was singin' and swingin' with the crickets all night long [Outro dialogue] I couldn't remember it again Thank you, ladies and gentlemen Thank you I didn't intend to put that in Now we'll try to do the song we started But that was so tempting Somebody got that on record? I may— maybe we'll be able to sing it Anything sells nowadays