Malvina Reynolds: Song Lyrics and Poems  

Everybody Says

Notes: words and music by Malvina Reynolds; copyright 1957 Schroder Music Company, renewed 1985. a.k.a. "Bump-A-Deedle."

Everybody says, "Sit down, sit down!"
Everybody says, "Sit down, sit down!"
But I can't sit down and I can't sit down,
'Cause my feet are all full of dance around.

Chorus:
Bump deedle ump bump, bump a dee,
Ev'rybody bump a deedle dance with me.

Everybody says, "Be good, be good."
Everybody says, "Be good, be good."
If they understood I'm as good as good,
'Cause dancing around is what I should.

(Chorus)

Everybody says, "What's wrong? What's wrong?"
Everybody says, "What's wrong? What's wrong?"
Well, there's nothing wrong when I sing my song,
But you'd better look out if I'm quiet long.

(Chorus)

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

Other place(s) where the music to this song appears:
---- Sylvia Barratt et al.: Tinder-Box: 66 Songs for Children (London: A & C Black, 1982)

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:
---- Peter and Ellen Allard: Raise the Children [as "Bump-A-Deedle"] (1PEACD, 1996)
---- Jackie Pack: Hambones & Other Recipes (Ring-A-Round Records RR-LP-001, 1984)
---- Sandy and Caroline Paton: I've Got a Song [as "Bump-A-Deedle"] (Folk-Legacy Records FSK-52, 1975)
---- Jay Ungar and Lyn Hardy: A Place to Be (Gentle Wind GW1006, 1981)
---- Patty Zeitlin and Marcia Berman: Everybody Cries Sometimes (Activity Records AR-561, 1974)