Jolly Joseph
(From Jacob Miler Songbook: Chapter a Day)
Jolly Joseph ahahah!
Oh, jolly Joseph!…
Ah, jolly Joseph
Ah, jolly Joseph
The people’s…..
Transportation
Ah, jolly Joseph
Ah, jolly Joseph
The people’s…..
Transportation
Here come number 22
They go look for his sister Lou
Trying to catch number 77
To reach around the world
Ah, jolly Joseph
Ah, jolly Joseph
The people’s….
Transportation
Ah, jolly Joseph
Ah, jolly Joseph
The people’s….
Transportation….
(Keyboard solo and scat)
Jolly jo oooo seph……Erdyayayayah…..
shh shh shh!
Jolly joe oh oh oh…..
(Keyboard solo continues)
Ewww…
Please mr fondle trees?
Give me a bus ticket please!
Please mr driver?
Don’t you drop in a pothole, please?
Jolly Joseph
Ah, jolly Joseph
The people’s….
Transportation
Shh shh shh!
Jolly Joseph
Ah, jolly Joseph
The people’s….
Transportation…
Yeah!
Line up! Line up, every decency!
Cuz this bus is the people’s transportation!
Don’t rough, no fight, no fuss, no!
No, no brutality or no
Ah Jolly Joseph
Ah, jolly Joseph
The people’s….
Transportation
Ah, packy pon bus
Ah, jolly Joseph
The people’s….
Transportation shun shun shun shun….
uhhhh uhhh uhhh….
Shhh…
That’s the sounds of the the jolly Joseph bus
the number 22, take you downtown.
And all around the town you got to take the number 77
As I will tell you…
Oooooooo!!!
Jolly Joseph
Ah, jolly Joseph
The people’s….
Transportation
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