Hooray For Spinach

Written for: Naughty But Nice (1939)
Performer: Dick Powell (piano variation); Ann Sheridan
Lyric: Johnny Mercer
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1939
Original publisher: Remick Music Corp.

Verse:

As a kid, I hated spinach and all its ilk;
I abominated cod liver oil and milk.
That was simply that and I'd leave them flat,
Though you stuck a gat at my brow;
But I must admit my opinion's diff'rent now;

Chorus:

Hooray for spinach, hooray for milk!
They put the roses in your cheek soft as silk,
They helped complete you till I could meet you, baby!
Hooray for sunshine, hooray for air!
They put the permanent in your curly hair,
They helped to raise you till I could praise you, baby!
Bless the summer that freckled your nose,
Those galoshes that sheltered your toes;
Bless the fellow who taught you to kiss,
If he taught you to kiss like this.
Hooray for spinach, it took you far!
Bless all the nourishment in each candy bar;
They helped you grow up
Till I could show up
And love you as you are.