Busy Doing Nothing.

Seq - Dr. J.Pitt-Payne. Kar - Bunty Pritchard Jones. Apr 2001.

We're busy doing nothing,
working the whole day through,
trying to find lots of things not to do.

We're busy going nowhere.
Isn't it just a crime?

We'd like to be unhappy,
but we never do have the time.

I have to watch the river
to see that it doesn't stop,

and stick around the rosebuds,
so they'll know when to pop,

and keep the crickets cheerful,
they're really a solemn bunch.
Hustle! Bustle! And only an hour for lunch!

We're busy doing nothing,
working the whole day through,
trying to find lots of things not to do.

We're busy going nowhere.
Isn't it just a crime?

We'd like to be unhappy,
but we never do have the time.

I have to wake the sun up.
He's liable to sleep all day,

and then inspect the rainbows,
so they'll be bright and gay,

and must rehearse the songbirds,
to see that they sing in key.
Hustle! Bustle! And never a moment free!

We're busy doing nothing,
working the whole day through,
trying to find lots of things not to do.

We're busy going nowhere.
Isn't it just a crime?

We'd like to be unhappy,
but we never do have the time.

I have to meet a turtle.
I'm teaching him how to swim.

I have to shine the dewdrops.
They're looking rather dim.

I told my friend the robin
I'd buy him a brand new vest.
Hustle! Bustle! I wish I could take a rest!

We're busy doing nothing,
working the whole day through,
trying to find lots of things not to do.

We're busy going nowhere.
Isn't it just a crime?

We'd better make it snappy.
There's another hill to climb.

We'd like to be unhappy,
but we never do have the time!

Soft karaoke
Words
bassoon - lyric
syn str 1
fr hrn
syn brass 1
bassoon
Busy Doing Nothing 1948 seq Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK 14 Apr 2001

Busy Doing Nothing 1948 seq Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK 14 Apr 2001
Busy Doing Nothing 1948
Music by James van Heusen
Words by Johnny Burke
From the Paramount Picture
'A Yankee in King Arthur's Court'
starring Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, William Bendix
and Sir Cedric Hardwicke
Copyright MCMXLVIII by Burke and van Heusen Inc. New York
sequenced by Dr. Pitt-Payne on 14 Apr 2001 in London UK
in association with Doug Grierson
Karaoke by Bunty Pritchard Jones