Freddie, Get Ready (For School)

Based on "Second Hungarian Rhapsody" by Franz Liszt
Written for: My Dream Is Yours (1949)
Performer: Jack Carson, Doris Day & Mel Blanc (as Bugs Bunny, Tweetie Pie & other cartoon characters)
Lyric: Ralph Blane
Music adaptation: Harry Warren
Year: 1947, 1949
Original publisher: Harms, Inc.

Sheet music version:

Verse:

(Spoken:) Freddie, time to get up!
The table is set!
Time to get up!
Did you hear what I said?
Freddie, I said breakfast is ready!
(Shout:) Fred!
(Sung:) Is there no way of gettin' that kid out of bed?

Chorus:

Freddie, I've got to getcha off to school, off to school,
Freddie, ya gotta learn the Golden Rule, the Golden Rule;
Oh, Freddie, if I'm to keep my temper cool, my temper cool,
Get ready, I've got to get you off to school.
But, he doesn't hear a word I say,
There doesn't seem to be a way
To get him off to school today.
He heard the cock-a-doodle-doo
Of ev'ry rooster and the clock-a-doodle-doo;
They're always wakin' up the stock-a-doodle-doo,
But Freddie doesn't bat an eye.
Wakin' up is such a terrible shock-a-doodle-doo;
He must be sleepin' like a rock-a-doodle-doo;
I'm gonna give another knock-a-doodle-doo,
And try to make the feathers fly.
<knock>
Put on your shirt, put on your pants,
You better get dressed, I'll give you one more chance;
Put on your shoes, put on your hat,
Put on your blue and your white cravat.
Though it's dawn and such an early hour,
Turn it on, get ready for the shower;
Get you gone, you shouldn't be so lazy;
Hit the lawn, fresher than a daisy,
Come on, Fred, get out of bed,
I know you heard what they said;
Hurry on, hurry on, hurry on, down,
Gotta getcha rid of this mornin' frown;
Come on, Freddie, hit the road,
Ya better start jumpin' like a toad;
Hurry on, hurry on, hurry on, do;
Nellie Lucher hasn't got a thing on you.
Hey, Fred, get out of that bed, Fred
You heard what I said, Fred;
Get out of that bedstead
Or I'm callin' your dad,
And that's bad!
(Shout:) Hey, dad!
(Sing:) Freddie, here comes your dad!
Wash your hands and wash your face,
And part your hair the proper place.
Wash wherever dirt appears
And don't forget behind your ears.
Get your shirt and get your pants,
You haven't got another chance.
Get your shoes and get your hat,
And get your blue and white cravat.
Brush your teeth and brush your coat,
And don't forget the teacher's note.
Take some cookies from the jar,
An apple and a candy bar,
And hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry,
Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry.
Freddie, get ready for school!

Movie version:

Verse:

(Bugs Bunny, spoken:) Freddie, time to get up!
It's Easter.
Time to get up!
Did you hear what I said?
Freddie, I said time to get ready!
(Bugs Bunny, shout:) Fred!
(Bugs Bunny, sung:) Is there no way of getting that kid out of bed?
<Whistle, whistle>

Chorus:

(Doris Day:) Freddie, I gotta getcha up and dressed, up and dressed.
(Jack Carson): Freddie, you gotta look your Sunday best, your Sunday best.
(Doris Day & Jack Carson:) Oh, Freddie, look in the Easter bunny's nest, the bunny's nest;
Get ready, I've got to get you up and dressed.
(Bugs Bunny:) But, he doesn't hear a word I say,
There doesn't seem to be a way
To get him up and dressed today.
(Doris Day:) He heard the cock-a-doodle-doo
Of ev'ry rooster and the clock-a-doodle-doo;
They're always wakin' up the stock-a-doodle-doo,
But Freddie doesn't bat an eye.
(Bugs Bunny:) Wakin' up is such a terrible shock...
(Doris Day & Jack Carson:) A-doodle-doo;
He must be sleepin' like a rock-a-doodle-doo;
I'm gonna give another knock-a-doodle-doo,
And try to make the feathers fly.
Put on your shirt, put on your pants,
You better get dressed, I'll give you one more chance.
Put on your shoes, put on your hat,
(Tweety, spoken:) I tawt I taw a putty tat!
(Birds:) Come on, Fred, get out of bed,
I know you heard what they said;
Hurry on, hurry on, hurry on, do;
Mister Trouble hasn't got a thing on you.
(Jack Carson:) Wash your hands and wash your face,
And part your hair the proper place.
(Doris Day:) Wash wherever dirt appears
And don't forget behind your ears.
(Bugs Bunny:) Get your shirt and get your pants,
You haven't got another chance.
(Jack Carson:) Get your coat and get your hat,
And get your blue and white cravat.
(Doris Day:) Brush your teeth and shine your shoes,
And hurry, there's no time to lose.
(Bugs Bunny:) If you dawdle, I'm afraid
You're gonna miss the big parade.
(Bugs Bunny, Doris Day, & Jack Carson:) Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry,
Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry;
Freddie, get ready,
Wake up!