Richard Rodgers
Sing for Your Supper
(Verse)
[ADRIANA]
Hawks and crows do lots of things
[LUCIANA]
But the canary only sings
[LUCE]
She is a courtesan on wings
[ALL]
So I've heard
[LUCE]
Eagles and storks are twice as strong
[ADRIANA]
All the canary knows is song
[LUCIANA]
But the canary gets along
[ALL]
Gilded bird!
(Chorus)
[ADRIANA]
Sing for your supper, and you'll get breakfast
Songbirds always eat
If their song is sweet
To hear
Sing for your luncheon, and you'll get dinner
Dine with wine of choice
If romance is in your voice
I heard from a wise canary, "Trilling
Makes a fellow willing,"
So, little swallow, swallow now
Now is the time to
Sing for your supper, and you'll get breakfast
Songbirds are not dumb
They don't buy a crumb of bread
It's said
So sing and you'll be fed
[ALL]
Sing for your supper, and you'll get breakfast
Songbirds always eat
If their song is sweet
To hear
Sing for your luncheon, and you'll get dinner
Dine with wine of choice
If romance is in your voice
I heard from a wise canary, "Trilling
Makes a fellow willing,"
So, little swallow, swallow now
Now is the time to
Sing for your supper, and you'll get breakfast
Songbirds are not dumb
They don't buy a crumb of bread
It's said
So sing and you'll be fed