A popular song from 1935
Words by Haven Gillespie and Abner P. Grunauer
Music by J. Fred Coots
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Now the boy was Jack, the girl was Jill
The story’s old but they tell it still
Of the way they tumbled down the hill
On a sunny day in May
But there’s something more you never heard
An owl told me, he’s a wise old bird
And he told this story word for word
All about their wedding day
Chorus
Oh, the bride wore a gown of moonbeams
With a ruffle and a frill
And the happy young groom wore a velvet plume
At the wedding of Jack and Jill
And the Three Little Pits were dancing
‘Cause they knew they’d eat their fill
And the Little Blind Mice threw the shoes and rice
At the wedding of Jack and Jill
Little Boy Blue all alone and blue
Broke right down and cried
When Old King Cole and his Fiddlers Three
Played “Here Comes the Bride”
How they laughed when the bride and bridegroom
Came a-tumbling down the hill
As the Farmer in the Dell rang the old church bell
At the wedding of Jack and Jill
Ding Dong Dell, Ding Dong Dell
Patter
The Queen of the May gave the bride away
The Jack-in-the-Box had a jumpy day
Little Miss Muffet caught the bride’s bouquet
And the Cat and the Fiddle played a tune
The good little boys got to kiss the bride
The bad little boys had to stand outside
Everyone waited till the knot was tied
And they left on a happy honeymoon
Music Box
All the Toys in the Town were cheering
There was never such a thrill
When the Farmer in the Dell rang the old church bell
At the wedding of Jack and Jill
Ding Dong Dell, Ding Dong Dell
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: