From the 1951 film “The Mating Season”.
Words and music by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Don’t stick your heart in the sand
When love is making a stand
Just look around you
It all will astound you
You’ll feel that surge
That beautiful urge
Refrain
The robin is throbbin’
And hungry heads are bobbin’
It’s the mating season
Smart little buds wear pink and purple duds
The grouses want spouses
To help around their houses
It’s the mating season
Carve your heart on a tree
Even the kingfish
Finds the feeling tinglish
So, darling, how about you and me?
Time to quit your teasin’
Be pleasin’ ’cause it’s the mating season
Time for all good people to fall in love
Refrain
Hey, you bird, you bluebird
You’re goin’ with a new bird
It’s the mating season
Roses arise and start to pollinize
When crickets love crickets
And buy Niag’ra tickets
It’s the mating season
Spring is ready to spring
Even the grizzly
Finds the feeling sizzly
That’s why he’s buying a wedding ring
So forget your teasin’, be pleasin’
‘Cause it’s the mating season
Can’t you hear the treetops callin’?
Now’s the time to quit your stallin’
Time for all good people to fall in love