Title song from the film “Jack and the Beanstalk”, 1952.
Words and music by Bob Russell and Lester Lee.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
When I was only knee-high
I had a story book
That told of Jack and the Beanstalk
And the daring chance he took
Refrain
Jack and the beanstalk
We’ll long remember when
He shinnied up the stalk
To beard a Giant in his den
Once up the beanstalk
If Jack is set upon
Then Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
Or Jack you’re good as gone
Up up up up there he goes
But to where nobody knows
Long is the beanstalk
And short is little Jack
The long and short of it is
Is he ever coming back?
Jack and the beanstalk
There goes Jack
But is Jack ever coming back?
Sung here by Vancha March: