Three Little Fishies
Lyrics by Josephine Carringer and Bernice Idins
Key: G
Music by Saxie Dowell
Copyright 1939

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File Created 09-02-2024

Verse 1:

G            G#dim       Am7          D7
 Down in the meadow in a little bitty  pool
     G             G#dim         Am7          D7
Swam  three little fishies and a mamma fishie  too
G                G7           C             C#dim
 "Swim" said the mamma fishie  "Swim if you  can"
         D7             C7          D7        G
And they  swam and they  swam right  over the  dam.

Chorus 1:

G          G#dim           C7       D7
 Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem  Chu!
G          G#dim           C7       D7
 Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem  Chu!
G          G7              C         C#dim
 Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem  what-tem  Chu!
         D7             C7        D7        G
And they  swam and they  swam all  over the  dam.

Verse 2:

G                G#dim            Am7          D7
 "Stop" said the mamma fishie "or you will get  lost"
        G         G#dim          Am7        D7
But the  3 little fishies didn't want to be  bossed
       G         G7           C         C#dim
So the  3 little fishies went  off on a  spree
         D7             C7          D7          G
And they  swam and they  swam right  out to the  sea.

Chorus 2:

G          G#dim           C7       D7
 Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem  Chu!
G          G#dim           C7       D7
 Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem  Chu!
G          G7              C         C#dim
 Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem  what-tem  Chu!
         D7             C7          D7          G
And they  swam and they  swam right  out to the  sea.

Verse 3:

G                G#dim         Am7              D7
 "Whee" said the little fishes "here's a lot of  fun
      G            G#dim        Am7    D7
We'll  swim in the sea till the day is  done"
        G              G7       C         C#dim
So they  swam and they swam and  it was a  lark
     D7        C7           D7     G
Till  all of a  sudden they  saw a  shark!

Chorus 3:

G          G#dim           C7       D7
 Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem  Chu!
G          G#dim           C7       D7
 Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem  Chu!
G          G7              C         C#dim
 Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem  what-tem  Chu!
     D7        C7           D7     G
Till  all of a  sudden they  saw a  shark!

Verse 4:

G                 G#dim          Am7          D7
 "Help" cried the little fishies "Look at the  whales!"
    G              G#dim         Am7      D7
And  quick as they could, turned on their  tails
     G            G7          C            C#dim
And   back to the pool in the  meadow they  swam
         D7             C7         D7       G
And they  swam and they  swam back over the dam.

Chorus 4:

G          G#dim           C7       D7
 Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem  Chu!
G          G#dim           C7       D7
 Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem  Chu!
G          G7              C         C#dim
 Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem  what-tem  Chu!
         D7             C7         D7       G
And they  swam and they  swam back over the dam.