What kind of fairy did you sing in 'Little Bunny Foo Foo'?

[AmazingGrace]

And the moral of the story is.....hare today, goon tomorrow!

 

[joviroxx]

Little Bunny Foo Foo hopping through the forest
Scooping up the field mice and bopping them on the head
Down came the goooooood fairy, and she said:
Little Bunny Foo Foo, I don't want to see you
Scooping up the field mice and bopping them on the head
I'll give you three chances to be good, but if you don't I'll turn you into a gooooooon!

The next day,
Little Bunny Foo Foo hopping through the forest
Scooping up the field mice and bopping them on the head
Down came the goooooood fairy, and she said:
Little Bunny Foo Foo, I don't want to see you
Scooping up the field mice and bopping them on the head
I'll give you two more chances to be good, but if you don't I'll turn you into a gooooooon!

The next day,
Little Bunny Foo Foo hopping through the forest
Scooping up the field mice and bopping them on the head
Down came the goooooood fairy, and she said:
Little Bunny Foo Foo, I don't want to see you
Scooping up the field mice and bopping them on the head
I'll give you one more chance to be good, but if you don't I'll turn you into a gooooooon!

The next day,
Little Bunny Foo Foo hopping through the forest
Scooping up the field mice and bopping them on the head
Down came the goooooood fairy, and she said:
Little Bunny Foo Foo, I don't want to see you
Scooping up the field mice and bopping them on the head
I gave you three chances to be good, now POOF, you're a gooooooon!

But you forgot the ending!

The moral of the story is... Hare today, Goon tomorrow!

 

[KristaTX]

Never even heard of such a song, LOL I have to get out more

Nope, never heard of it.

Never heard of the song.

This feels like an April Fool's joke on me. I have no idea what any of you are talking about! I've never heard this song in my life!

I never heard it until sometime in my 20s when a friend sang it, and I still only know the part that goes "Little Bunny Foo Foo I don't want to see you". That's the extent of my lyric knowledge for that song .

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Ok, I just looked up the lyrics to the "Bazooka Bubblegum" song my dd's loved and sang in Girl Scouts and the ending is pretty bad!!!

I guess these are like fairy tales.

My mom gave me a penny,
She said to buy a henny,
But I didn't buy a henny,
Instead I bought bubblegum,
Bazooka-zooka,
Bubblegum,
Bazooka-zooka,
Bubblegum.

My mom gave me a nickel,
She said to buy a pickle,
But I didn't buy a pickle,
Instead I bought bubblegum,
Bazooka-zooka,
Bubblegum,
Bazooka-zooka,
Bubblegum.

My mom gave me a dime,
She said to buy a lime,
But I didn't buy a lime,
Instead I bought bubblegum,
Bazooka-zooka,
Bubblegum,
Bazooka-zooka,
Bubblegum.

My mom gave me a quarter,
She said to buy a porter,
But I didn't buy a porter,
Instead I bought bubblegum,
Bazooka-zooka,
Bubblegum,
Bazooka-zooka,
Bubblegum.

My mom gave me a dollar,
She said to buy a collar,
But I didn't buy a collar,
Instead I bought bubblegum,
Bazooka-zooka,
Bubblegum,
Bazooka-zooka,
Bubblegum.

My mom gave me a five,
She said to stay alive,
But I didn't stay alive,
Instead I choked on,
Bubblegum,
Bazooka-zooka,
Bubblegum,
Bazooka-zooka,
Bubblegum.

Lyrics from <a href="http://www.elyrics.net">eLyrics.net</a>

 

[jen0610]

Little Bunny Foo Foo was always a hit at camp fire during church camp.

So was The Littlest Worm

The littlest worm, (everyone echo)
I ever saw (echo)
Was curled up in (echo)
My soda straw (echo, etc)

(all together)
The littlest worm I ever saw, was curled up in my soda straw.

He said to me
don't take a sip
for it you do
I surly slip

He said to me don't take a sip, for if you do I surely slip.

I took a sip
and he went down
right through my pipes
he must have drowned

I took a sip and he went down, right through my pipes he must have downed.

I coughed him up
and he was dead
I buried him
in my counselors bed (or insert a name for counselors)

I coughed him up and he was dead, I buried him in my counselors bed

He was my pal
he was my friend
but now he's gone
and thats the end

He was my pal, he was my friend, but now he's gone and thats the end

That is the end
there is no more
until I meet
that worm once more.

That is the end, there is no more, until I meet that worm once more.

 

[MaryJ]

As far as Little Bunny Foo Foo goes, when we did it in the preschool program where I volunteered in the 90's, I always said "Good Fairy," but my co-worker said "Good Granny."

 

[Jazzybell]

Fairy godmother here; was in the 70s.

 

[Belle0101]

 

[superme80]

I have that pic on my Pintrest.

 

[Liberty Belle]

I didn't know there was a fairy. We always just said, "Little Bunny Foo Foo, hopping through the forest, scooping up the field mice and bopping them on their heads."

 

[LoserMomma]

The worm song looks like it has the same tune as "Sipping Cider", which I sang when I was a scout.

Of course, "Sipping Cider" was a Girl Scout song about getting knocked up!

 

[FINFAN]

good fairy. and yes, you have to include hare today, goon tomorrow. 1970s, well before barney.

yep...exactly what I was going to post.

 

[mousebymarriage]

I used to sing this song to my kids when they were little and I actually have a childrens book called "Little Rabbit Foo Foo" and it has the entire song in it, I bought the book for my daughter when she as little.

The books copyright is 1990 (the song is actually from the 1970's...I think.) and it doesn't say "author" it says "retold by" Michael Rosen. The publisher is Aladdin Paperbacks, Simon & Schuster.

*The funny thing is one day last year I was singing the song to my niece (who was 4) and my 16 year old daughter overheard and said in a shocked tone "Mom, why are you singing THAT song to her?",
My reply was "why not, you and your brother loved it when you were little." Her reply, "no we didn't it scared the heck out of us."
I was totally surprised and called my 11 year old son into the room and sang a verse to him and said "didn't you used to love that song when you were little?"
His reply: "ummm..NO, that song scared the heck out of me."

oops! I had no idea. I thought they loved it because they used to ask me to sing it to them.
When I asked them why they would ask me to sing it to them my DD replied "because you used to dance around and act it out which was funny, but the words were scary."

This is how the book says the song goes:

Little Rabbit Foo Foo riding through the forest,
scooping up the field mice and bopping them on the head.
Down came the Good Fairy and said,
"Little Rabbit Foo Foo I don't like your attitude,
scooping up the field mice and bopping them on the head.
I'm going to give you three chances to change,
and if you don't, I'm going to turn you into a goonie."


Little Rabbit Foo Foo riding through the forest,
scooping up the wriggly worms and bopping them on the head.
Down came the Good Fairy and said,
"Little Rabbit Foo Foo I don't like your attitude,
scooping up the wriggly worms and bopping them on the head.
You've got two chances to change,
and if you don't, I'm going to turn you into a goonie."

Little Rabbit Foo Foo riding through the forest,
scooping up the tigers and bopping them on the head.
Down came the Good Fairy and said,
"Little Rabbit Foo Foo I don't like your attitude,
scooping up the tigers and bopping them on the head.
You've got one chance to change,
and if you don't, I'm going to turn you into a goonie."

Little Rabbit Foo Foo riding through the forest,
scooping up the goblins and bopping them on the head.
Down came the Good Fairy and said,
"Little Rabbit Foo Foo I don't like your attitude,
scooping up the goblins and bopping them on the head.
You've got no chances left,
so I'm going to turn you into a goonie."

POW

The moral of the story:
Hare today, goon tomorrow!

 

[NotUrsula]

I've got a further variation -- not field mice, but pawpaws. Our version was shorter as well.

Little rabbit Foo-foo, hopping through the forest
Picking up the paw-paws and popping off the heads
Down came the Good Fairy, and she said,
Little Rabbit Foo-foo, I'll give you three more chances,
But if you don't behave, I'm going to turn YOU into a goon.

Little rabbit Foo-foo, hopping through the forest
Picking up the paw-paws and popping off the heads
Down came the Good Fairy, and she said,
Foo-Foo, I warned you. You only have two more chances,
and if you don't behave, I'm going to turn YOU into a goon.

Little rabbit Foo-foo, hopping through the forest
Picking up the paw-paws and popping off the heads
Down came the Good Fairy, and she said,
Foo-foo, this is your last warning. I'll give you one more chance,
but if you don't behave, I'm going to turn YOU into a goon.

Little rabbit Foo-foo, hopping through the forest
Picking up the paw-paws and popping off the heads
Down came the Good Fairy, and POOF, she turned him into a goon.

The moral of the story is ... hare today, goon tomorrow.

I grew up in rural South Louisiana, and we ate wild pawpaws (and rabbits, fwiw). Pawpaws were valuable fresh fruit, so I'm guessing that this version is really about not wasting food, rather than random animal-on-animal cruelty, LOL.

 

[MrsDuck]

Good Fairy here!