Malvina Reynolds: Song Lyrics and Poems  

Don't Bother Me

Notes: words and music by Malvina Reynolds; copyright 1957 by author.

Don't bother me, I have some things to do,
Don't bother me, I have to tie my shoe,
Don't bother me, I'm standing like a tree,
Spin like a top, I can't stop,
Don't bother me.

Don't bother me, I have to hurry by,
Don't bother me, I'm learning how to fly,
Don't bother me, I'm buzzing like a bee,
Roll down the hill, can't keep still,
Don't bother me.

Don't bother me, I'm thinking something nice,
Don't bother me, I'm sliding on the ice,
Don't bother me, I'm singing "Toodle-dee,"
Boat on the bay, sailing away,
Don't bother me.

Malvina Reynolds songbook(s) in which the music to this song appears:
---- Tweedles and Foodles for Young Noodles: Children's Songs

Malvina Reynolds recording(s) on which this song is performed:
---- Artichokes, Griddle Cakes, and Other Good Things

Recordings by other artists on which this song is performed:
---- Guy Carawan: This Little Light of Mine and Other Songs (Folkways FG 3552, 1959)
---- Jay Ungar and Lyn Hardy: A Place to Be (Gentle Wind GW1006, 1981)