DESCRIPTION:
From Phil Harris and Alice Faye's radio show, date October 17, 1948.
Phil Harris first gained fame as the band leader on the Jack Benny Show, later having his own show with his wife Alice Faye, and finally voicing some of Disney's most beloved bears-- Balloo in "Jungle Book", Little John in "Robin Hood" and Thomas O'Malley in "The Aristocats".


THE MOUNTAINEER AND THE JABBERWOCK
(Phil Harris)

One time there was a mountaineer who felt so mighty brave,
That he took his trusty gun and went to a dark, dark, cave.
The reason for his venture was a story that he'd heard
About a bad ferocious creature called the Jabberwocky bird.

When he got into that dreary cave our hunter saw a sight:
The Jabberwock had seven heads, and each one was a fright.
He turned around and headed home a-runnin' all the way,
And to all the folks who waited there the mountaineer did say:

CHORUS: "'Twas brillig and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe,
All mimsy were the borogoves and the mome raths outgrabe.
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! The frumious bandersnatch!
My aim was spoiled by seven heads, but that bird I will catch!"

Then back again into that cave that mountaineer did go,
But how he'd finally get that bird he really didn't know.
This time the mountaineer was armed with knives and traps and bait.
He had to catch that Jabberwock, or meet a sorry fate.

Inside the cave that gruesome bird confronted him once more.
The mountaineer had seven fits and fell right to the floor.
He offered up a hasty prayer and murmured, "It's the end!"
But seven Jabberwocky heads said, "Can't we please be friends?"

CHORUS: 'Twas brillig and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe,
All mimsy were the borogoves and the mome raths outgrabe.
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! The frumious bandersnatch!
The mountaineer said, "You mean we're pals?" and the seven heads said, "Natch!"

The mountaineer just shook his head. He couldn't trust his ears.
The jabberwocky's seven pairs of eyes were filled with tears.
The ugly bird broke down and sobbed, "A witch made me like this,
And Jabberwocky I must be until a man I kiss."

The mountaineer could not resist that bird's unhappy plea.
He bravely puckered up his lips and said, "You'll soon be free."
They kissed and seven heads became just one of golden curls,
The ugly Jabberwock was then the prettiest of girls.

CHORUS: 'Twas brillig and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe,
All mimsy were the borogoves and the mome raths outgrabe.
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! The frumious bandersnatch!
That couple now have seven kids, and that is quite a batch!


Photo source:
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