When The Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along

Album: Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder (1949)
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  • When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob-Bob Bobbin' along
    When the red, red robin comes bob, bob, bobbin' along, along
    There'll be no more sobbin' when he starts throbbin' his old sweet song

    Wake up, wake up you sleepy head
    Get up, get out of your bed
    Cheer up, cheer up the sun is red
    Live, love, laugh and be happy

    What if I were blue
    Now I'm walking through
    Walking through the fields of flowers
    Rain may glisten but still I listen for hours and hours

    I'm just a kid again doing what I did again, singing a song
    When the red, red robin comes bob, bob, bobbin' along
    When the red, red robin comes bob, bob, bobbin'
    When the red, red robin comes bob, bob, bobbin' along

    There'll be no more sobbin' when he starts throbbin'
    There'll be no more sobbin' when he starts a throbbin' his old sweet song

    Wake up, wake up you sleepy head
    Why don't you get up, get up, get out of bed, cheer up
    Live, love, laugh and be happy
    What if I were blue, now I'm walking through fields of flowers

    Rain may glisten but still I listen for hours and hours
    I'm just a kid again, doing what I did again, singing a song
    When the red, red robin comes bob, bob, bobbin'
    When the red, red robin comes bob, bob, bobbin' along
    Along, along, along, along, along Writer/s: Harry Woods
    Publisher: Word Collections Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

  • Sheila Smith from HoustonHere is your spring song
  • AnonymousI love this song, just suddenly started singing it, as I heard it when I was young. How cheerful and happy is this song! I enjoy it very much. Al Jolson was really a great person. He went through a lot in his life. I see it was written by Harry Woods. Frank Sinatra and Doris Day sang it also and many more.
  • Jt from Philadelphia This song is about masturbation. The language, imagery, and throbbing melody play this out rather clearly. Once you have the idea—although still a cute song—the innuendo is not very subtle after all, Sleepyheads.
  • Rich from Portsmouth, NhThis is a great 'wake-up' song!
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