Testi Soundtracks :: D

VERSE

I’ll remember forever,

When I was but three,

Mama, who was clever.

Remarking to me….

If son when you’re grown up

You want ev’rything nice

I’ve got your future sewn up

If you take this advice…



REFRAIN 1

Be a clown, be a clown

All the world loves a clown

Act the fool play the calf

And you’ll always have the last laugh

Wear the cap and the bells

And you’ll rate with all the best swells

If you become a doctor, folks’ll face you with dread

If you become a dentist, they’ll be glad when you’re dead

You’ll get a bigger hand if you can stand on your head

Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown.



REFRAIN 2

Be a clown, be a clown

All the world loves a clown

Be a crazy buffoon

And the demoiselles’ll all swoon

Dress in huge baggy pants

And you’ll ride the road to romance

A butcher or a baker ladies never embrace

A barber or a beau would be a social disgrace

They all’ll come to call if you can fall on your face

Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown



REFRAIN 3

Be a clown, be a clown

All the world loves a clown

Show ‘em tricks tell ‘em jokes

And you’ll only stop with top folks

Be a crack jackanapes

And they’ll imitate you like apes

Why be a great composer with your rent in arrears?

Why be a major poet and you’ll owe it for years?

When crowds’ll pay to giggle if you wiggle your ears

Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown



REFRAIN 4

Be a clown, be a clown

All the world loves a clown

If you just make ‘em roar

Watch your mountebank soar

Wear a painted moustache

And you’re sure to make a big splash

A college education I should never propose

A bachelor’s degree won’t even keep you in clo’es

But millions you will win if you can spin on your nose

Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown



REFRAIN 5

Be a clown, be a clown

All the world loves a clown

Be the poor silly ass

And you’ll always travel first class

Give ‘em quips, give ‘em fun

And they’ll apy and say you’re A1

If you become a farmer you’ve the weather to buck

If you become a gambler you’ll be stuck with your luck

But Jack you’ll never lack if you can quack like a duck

(Quack, quack, quack, quack)

Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown



(Thanks to Marica for these lyrics)