(Verse 1)
[TIMOTHY]
Though my voice is just a singsong
I must burst into a spring song
Hey nonny nonny piminy miminy mo
Fondest memories seem to waken
To my boyhood days I'm taken
Hey nonny nonny piminy miminy mo
In that dearest section
Of my recollection
Back to fields of clover I'm conveyed
In that charming locale
Nature must get focal
Listen to that meadow serenade
(Chorus)
[TIMOTHY]
I hear the rustle of the trees
From the nearby thicket
Where the oriole is calling
And the bobolink is falling
For his mate
I hear the sighing of the breeze
And the chirping cricket
Where the whippoorwill is wooing
And the katydid is cooing
To his Kate
And I can hear a cowbell chorus
That's now being played
Hummingbirds humming for us
From deep in the shade
There's music in my heart
As my thoughts go winging
Where the spring is ever singing
That meadow serenade
(Verse 2)
[ANNE]
In that meadow now there lodges
A garage for Buicks and Dodges
Hey nonny nonny piminy miminy mo
You had Prince and Rover, what dogs!
Now you find them there as hot dogs
Hey nonny nonny piminy miminy mo
"Get your Coca-Cola,"
"Buy a new Victrola,"
Through the scene the billboards are displayed
You can fill your car there
Even find a bar there
[TIMOTHY AND ANNE]
Give me back that meadow serenade
(Chorus)
[TIMOTHY AND ANNE]
I hear the rustle of the trees
From the nearby thicket
Where the oriole is calling
And the bobolink is falling
For his mate
I hear the sighing of the breeze
And the chirping cricket
Where the whippoorwill is wooing
And the katydid is cooing
To his Kate
And I can hear a cowbell chorus
That's now being played
Hummingbirds humming for us
From deep in the shade
There's music in my heart
As my thoughts go winging
Where the spring is ever singing
That meadow serenade
There's music in my heart
As my thoughts go winging
Where the spring is ever singing
That meadow serenade
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