You've Gotta Eat Your Spinach, Baby-Shirley Temple

You've Gotta Eat Your Spinach Baby - Shirley Temple I want your cheeks to be rosey Your lips like the color of wine Darling the way that people will say that My but you're looking so fine OOOOOOOOh I want you strong as Apollo A sturdy and masculine sheek Darling the way that people will say that My What a gorgeous physique If you want to be like I want you to be Follow this carefully: You've gotta eat your spinach baby That's the proper thing to do It'll keep you kind of healthy too And what it did for Popeye it'll do for you You've gotta eat your spinach baby It'll give you lots of TNT For whenever you're caressing me Cause you'll need lots of vitamins from A-Z Please take my advice Kissing is dangerous doctors all agree I'll take your advice But don't ever kiss anybody but me You've gotta eat your spinach baby If you do you can't go wrong 'Cause it's gonna make you nice and strong And the stronger you are the longer you'll live And the longer I'll have to love you Pardon me did I hear you say Spinach - Spinach I represent all the kids of the nation Who sent me to see you about it I bring a message from the kids of the nation To tell you we can do without it Kindly listen to me I'm not alone in my plea There are dozens and dozens and dozens of us Nephews and nieces and cousins of us They want me to say - Hallelujah Hallelujah No Spinach take away that awful greenery No Spinach give us lots of jelly beanery We positively refuse to budge We'd like lollipops we like fudge But no Spinach Hosanna You've got to eat your Spinach baby No No No No I'm singing to you No No No No Hallelujah Spinach stay away from my door We'll tell the bogey man The big big bad bad bogey bogey man Oh that's just a bluff You know we don't believe that stuff You gotta eat your Spinach baby Children have to do as they are told Yes Sir yes Ma'am Children shouldn't be so very bold Yes Sir yes Ma'am Or you'll grow up to be a meanie when your old Yes Sir yes Ma'am I've want to tell all the kids of the nation Who sent me to see you about it Children have to do as they are told Children shouldn't be so very bold Or you will be a meanie when you're old So okay - Spinach