Fantastic Mr. Fox Lyrics

Petey: [singing around a campfire with his banjo] 'Bout
a handsome little fox let me sing you folks a yarn.
/ Hey, diddle-dee daddle-da doddle-do doodle-dum!
/ 'Twas a splendid little feller full of wit 'n' grace
'n' charm. / Say, zippy-zee zappa-za yappy-yo doodle-dum!
/ Well, like any little critter needin' vittels for
his littl'uns, / Well, he stole,
and he cheated, and he lied just to survive.
/ With a doodle-dum diddle-die doddle-diddle doodle-dum!
Other singers: Doodle-dum diddle-die doddle-diddle doodle-dum!
Petey: Zippy-zo zippy-zay zippy-zappy zoopy-zee!
Other singers: Zippy-zo zippy-zay zippy-zappy zoopy-zee!
Petey: Doo-dah doo-day day...
Petey: Let me take a little tick now to color in theJarvis Cocker - Fantastic Mr. Fox - http://motolyrics.com/jarvis-cocker/fantastic-mr-fox-lyrics.html
scene: / 'Cross the valley lived three yokels name
of Boggis, Bunce, and Bean.
/ Now these three crazy jackies had our hero on the
run. / Shot the tail off the cuss with a fox-shootin'
gun. / But that stylish little fox was as clever as
a whip / Dug as quick as a gopher that was hyper-ack-a-tive.
Other singers: Yeah!
Petey: Now those three farmers sit 'twhere there's
a hole 'twas once a hill. / Singin' diddle-dee daddle-da
doddle-do doodle-dum! / And as far as I can reckon
they're a-settin' up there still. Singin' zippy-zee zappa-za yappy-yo...
Franklin Bean: [standing behind him] What are you singing, Petey?
Petey: Just... just making it up as I went- as I went along, really.
Franklin Bean: That's just weak songwriting. You wrote a bad song, Petey!