Slow Poke
The Ray Conniff Singers

as sung on "Speak To Me Of Love"
-Columbia 2150
-version by Pee Wee King was # 1 for 3 weeks in 1952
-competing version charted by Ralph Flanagan (# 6), Helen O'Connell (# 8),
-Arthur Godfrey (#12), and Roberta Lee (#13)
-Words and Music by Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart, and Chilton Price


Male (M) and Female (F) voices alternate

F: (Slow poke, slow poke, I'm a silly old slow poke)

M: You keep me waitin' till it's gettin' aggravatin', you're a slow poke
F: You wait and worry but I never seem to hurry, I'm a slow poke
M: Time means nothin' to you, I wait (you wait) and then
F: Late again, eight o'clock, nine o'clock, quarter to ten

M: Why should I linger every time you snap your finger, little slow poke?
F: Why can't I hasten when I see the time's a-wastin'? I'm a slow poke, dear
M: Why should I keep tryin' to change you? It's not the thing to do
F: Here's the thing to do-I guess you'll have to learn to be a slow poke, too (slow 
    poke, too)

F: (Slow poke, slow poke, I'm a silly old slow poke)

ALL: We keep on waitin' till it's gettin' aggravatin', what a slow poke
    We wait and worry but there's never any hurry, what a slow poke
    Time means nothin', you see, we wait and then
    Late again, eight o'clock, nine o'clock, quarter to ten

M: Why should I linger every time you snap your finger, little slow poke? (slow
       poke)
    Why can't you hasten when you see the time's a-wastin'? You're a slow poke,
       dear
F: Why do you keep tryin' to change me? It's not the thing to do
M: Then I guess I'll have to learn to be a silly old slow poke, too

F: Slow poke, slow poke, you're a silly old slow poke
M: Slow poke, slow poke, I'm a silly old slow poke

BOTH: Slow poke!!


Transcribed by Robin Hood

These lyrics were transcribed from the specific recording mentioned above
and do not necessarily correspond with lyrics from other recordings, sheet
music, songbooks or lyrics printed on album jackets.