Malvina Reynolds: Song Lyrics and Poems  

Move Over

Notes: words and music by Malvina Reynolds; copyright 1954 Schroder Music Company, renewed 1982. a.k.a. "Marty's Song," "Marty." In the Table of Contents to her songbook Song in My Pocket Malvina writes of this song: "One of the things children learn easily in group play is to make room for one another."

Move over and make room for Marty,
He doesn't take very much space,
Since Marty is one of our very best friends
We surely can find him a place.

Move over, move over,
And quick like a rig-it-ty jig,
We'll always move over for Marty,
For Marty is not very big.

He won't have to stand in the corner,
He won't have to sit on the floor,
For we can move over for Marty,
And still there is room for one more.

Move over, move over,
And quick like a rig-it-ty jig,
We'll always move over for Marty,
For Marty is not very big.

Malvina Reynolds songbook(s) in which the music to this song appears:
---- Song in My Pocket: Songs

Malvina Reynolds recording(s) on which this song is performed:
---- [none]

Recordings by other artists on which this song is performed:
---- Marcia Berman: Sings Malvina Reynolds' Rabbits Dance and Other Songs for Children (B/B Records B/B 112, 1985)
---- Mike Fenton: Kangaroos & Pussycats Fun Songs for Children (Heritage Records HRC 1219, 1990)
---- Mike Fenton: Move Over With Mike (Heritage Records HRC-C-1275, 1991)
---- The Limeliters: Through Children's Eyes [as "Marty"] (RCA Victor LSP 2512, 1962)
---- Jackie Pack: Hambones & Other Recipes (Ring-A-Round Records RR-LP-001, 1984)
---- Sandy and Caroline Paton: I've Got a Song (Folk-Legacy Records FSK-52, 1975)