From the film “A Night At Earl Carroll’s”, 1940.
Words and music by Frank Loesser and Gertrude Niesen.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Hoo-rah! Hoo-ray!
I don’t really know which to say
Hoo-rah! Hoo-ray!
I guess I’ll say them both any way
Refrain
I wanna make with the happy times
I wanna give out with songs and rhymes
I feel like whistling “tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet”
And ringing bells, all the bells on the street
Don’t need no di’monds or sweet perfume
But let me blow up paper bags and make them boom
Ain’t got no nickels, won’t get no dimes
Just wanna make with the happy times
Chorus
I wanna make with the slide Trombones
I wanna lap up ten ice cream cones
I feel like dancing around the block
And tear the hands off the grandfather clock
Don’t need no orchids or marble halls
But let me shut my eyes and walk right into walls
Ain’t got no nickels, can’t lose no dimes
Just wanna make with the happy times
Chorus
I wanna make with the Big Bass Drum
I wanna beat it til kingdom come
I feel like singing a hunk of song
So if I’m flat, so I’m flat, so I’m wrong
Don’t need no sables, can’t use no mink
I’m floating paper boats around the kitchen sink
Ain’t got no nickels, don’t know from dimes
Just wanna make with the happy times