Cider Through A Straw
Words & Music:
Traditional American
This and "The Bear In
The Woods" have the exact same tune.
CALL: RESPONSE:
C
The prettiest boy/girl The
prettiest boy/girl
I ever saw I
ever saw
Was sipping ci... Was
sipping ci...
C
der through a straw. der
through a straw
BOTH PARTS:
C
The prettiest boy/girl I ever saw
C F G7 C
Was sipping cider through a straw.
I asked him/her if I
asked him/her if
S/he'd teach me how She'd
teach me how
To sip some ci... To
sip some ci...
der through a straw. der
through a straw.
I asked
him/her if s/he'd show me how
To sip
some cider through a straw.
Thus, cheek to cheek, Thus
cheek to cheek,
And jaw to jaw, And
jaw to jaw,
We sipped that ci... We
sipped that ci...
der through that straw. der
through that straw.
Thus, cheek to cheek, and jaw to jaw,
We sipped that cider through that straw.
'Twas good for me 'Twas
good for me
The straw did slip The
straw did slip
I sipped the ci... I
sipped the ci...
der from his/her lip. der
from his/her lip.
'Twas good for me the straw did slip.
I sipped the cider from his/her lip.
That's how I got That's
how I got
My own in-laws; My
own in-laws;
From sipping ci... From
sipping ci...
der through a straw. der
through a straw.
That's how
I got my own in-laws.
From
sipping cider through a straw.
Now, 49 kids Now,
49 kids
All call me ma/pa. All
call me ma/pa.
From sipping ci... From
sipping ci...
der through a straw. der
through a straw.
Now, 49
kids all call me ma/pa.
From
sipping cider through a straw.
The moral of The
moral of
This little joke This
little joke.
Is don't sip ci... Is
don't sip ci...
der; sip a Coke! der;
sip a Coke!
The moral
of this little joke;
Is don't
sip cider; sip a Coke!