Swinging On A Star - Original-Anne Shelton

[ti:Swingin' on a Star] [ar:Anne Shelton] [al:A Retrospective Anne Shelton] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Swinging On A Star - Original - Anne Shelton [00:53.07]Would you like to swing on a star [00:56.56]Carry moonbeams home in a jar [00:59.83]And be better off than you are [01:04.32]Or would you rather be a mule [01:07.14] [01:07.76]A mule is an animal with long funny ears [01:11.07]Kicks up at anything he hears [01:14.00] [01:14.63]His back is brawny but his brain is weak [01:17.85]He's just plain stupid with a stubborn streak [01:21.37]And by the way if you hate to go to school [01:24.84] [01:25.97]You may grow up to be a mule [01:28.48]Or would you like to swing on a star [01:32.12]Carry moonbeams home in a jar [01:35.52]And be better off than you are [01:39.94]Or would you rather be a pig [01:42.21] [01:46.66]A pig is an animal with dirt on his face [01:50.30]His shoes are a terrible disgrace [01:53.69] [01:54.22]He has no manners when he eats his food [01:57.70]He's fat and lazy and extremely rude [02:00.80]But if you don't care a feather or a fig [02:04.60] [02:05.28]You may grow up to be a pig [02:07.75]Or would you like to swing on a star [02:11.29]Carry moonbeams home in a jar [02:14.80]And be better off than you are [02:18.45] [02:19.11]Or would you rather be your fish [02:22.04] [02:26.30]A fish won't do anything but swim in a brook [02:29.47]He can't write his name or read a book [02:32.46] [02:33.37]To fool all the people is his only thought [02:36.50]Though he's slippery he still gets caught [02:39.75]But then if that sort of life is what you wish [02:43.52] [02:44.40]You may grow up to be a fish [02:46.99]And all the monkeys aren't in a zoo [02:50.48]Every day you meet quite a few [02:53.47] [02:54.04]So you see it's all up to you [02:57.22] [02:58.36]You can be better than you are [03:01.93]You could be swingin' on a star