The New Suit


Racka moochy wicky wachy and a woo haggedy goo.
Racka moochy wicky wachy and a woo haggedy goo.
My wishes are but few, I wish my wish come true.
Racka moochy wicky wachy and a woo haggedy goo.

And the bodies of three dead ants, carefully laid side by side,
Star-light, star-bright, first star I see tonight

I want a suit with a form fittin' coat and a six-button vest
and a zipperfly.
It will not shrink when weather gets stormy.
And no one ever wore it before me.

Nothing could be so fine.
A wonderful suit which was bought and paid for in a genuine store,
with a zipperfly.

If you had two brothers with their hand-me-downs left to you,
Then you'd know what I'm wishing for,

You dream of your wine and your women and song,
and cigars a foor long, but as for I,
I dream of pants with those modified peg cuffs and a high-waist effect
and a zipperfly.

Roozy goozy chicky chacky and a choo haggedy goo .
Roozy goozy chicky chacky and a choo haggeddy goo.
A wish is so delish I wish I get my wish.
Roozy goozy chicky chacky and a choo haggeddy goo.

And I call upon the seventh letter of the seventh word of the seventh paragraph of the Editorial Page of the Daily News.

Grant me a suit with a form fittin' coat and and a six-button vest
and a zipperfly.
Oh with that fearful pleasure I'll wear it,
I'll be so beautiful I can't bear it.

Nothing could be so fine.
And please have that suit with a pepper-and-salt pattern and little place for flowers
and a zipperfly.

My dream tells me one day,
I will walk down Fifth Avenue.
It will be Easter Sunday maybe.
People will pass me and nudge one another,
and say as they slyly give me the eye:

"Who is that man in that wonderful suit, that enchanting new suit
with the zipperfly?"

Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray the Lord my sould to keep,
And if before I wake I should die,
Please lay me out in that wonderful suit,
My unspeakable suit
with the zipperfly.


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