(Howdy Neighbor)
From the film “Summer Stock”, 1950.
Words by Mack Gordon.
Music by Harry Warren.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Oh, things are gonna jell
For the farmer in the dell
And how, and how
Keep the roads a-clear
It’s a “Go to market” year
And now, and how
There’ll be a prosperous swish to the tail of ev’ry cow
We’ll sow and plow and hoe
And how, how, how
Chorus
Howdy neighbor, Happy Harvest
May your forty acres soon be fields of clover
Yes indeed ‘n plant a wish
With ev’ry seed ‘n bye and bye
The sun and rain will make an etching
Of a million little green fingers
Stretching to the sky
Howdy neighbor, Happy Harvest
Get your rocking chairs
For all your cares are over
Clap your hands and lick your chops
Your bumper crops are on the climb
Hey! we’re gonna roll in plenty
Spend a five or ten or twenty
And those happy harvest bells are gonna chime
Remember, neighbor
When you work for Mother Nature
You get paid by Father Time
Chorus
Howdy neighbor, Happy Harvest
May your forty acres soon be fields of clover
Yes indeed ‘n plant a wish
With ev’ry seed ‘n bye and bye
The sun and rain will make an etching
Of a million little green fingers
Stretching to the sky
Howdy neighbor, Happy Harvest
Get your rocking chairs
For all your cares are over
Clap your hands and lick your chops
Your bumper crops are on the climb
And in crowded country chapels
Ev’ry farmer will be twenty
And those happy harvest bells are gonna chime
Remember, neighbor
When you work for Mother Nature
You get paid by Father Time