CRAZY MIXED UP SONG
(Grean / Joan Javits)
Billy Cotton & His Band


‘Twas midnight on the ocean not a streetcar was in sight
The sun was shining brightly in the middle of the night
A barefoot boy with shoes on stood there sitting in a tree
And when I put my glasses on I heard this melody


Be kind to your web footed friends
For a duck may be somebody’s mother
Be kind to the denizen of the swamp
She’s a dilly through and through
You may think that this is the end
Well it isn’t ‘cos there is another chorus.


‘Twas midnight on the ocean when the rain began to snow
He hurried to me slowly ‘cos the time had come to go
I said I’d wait forever if it wouldn’t take too long
And silently we harmonised this crazy mixed up song


Be kind to your web footed friends
For a duck may be somebody’s mother
Be kind to the denizen of the swamp
She’s a dilly through and through
You may think that this is the end
Well it isn’t  ‘cos there is another chorus.


‘Twas midnight on the ocean on the day I married him
I didn’t know his name was Fred that’s why I called him Jim
We settled down in London, France, beside the pyramids
And raised a little family of crazy mixed up kids


Be kind to your web footed friends
For a duck may be somebody’s mother
Be kind to the denizen of the swamp
She’s a dilly through and through
You may think that this is the end
Well it is.










(Contributed by Bill Huntley - September 2006)