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Dumbo When I See an Elephant Fly


song music by Frank Churchill, lyrics by Ned Washington, sung by Cliff Edwards as Jim Crow, Jim Carmichael and the Hall Johnson Choir, clip from Dumbo (1941) movie.

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Song lyrics


I saw a peanut stand, heard a rubber band,
I saw a needle that winked its eye.
But I think I will have seen everything
When I see an elephant fly.

I saw a front porch swing, heard a diamond ring,
I saw a polka-dot railroad tie.
But I think I will have seen everything
When I see an elephant fly.

I seen a clothes horse, he r'ar up and buck
And they tell me that a man made a vegetable truck
I didn't see that, I only heard
But just to be sociable I'll take your word
I heard a fireside chat, I saw a baseball bat
And I just laughed till I thought I'd die
But I'd be done see'n about everything
When I see an elephant fly.

But I'd be done see'n about everything
When I see an elephant fly.

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Notes

TIMOTHY: Dumbo, the Ninth Wonder of the Universe! The world's only flyin' elephant! CROW: Did you ever see an elephant fly? CROW #1:Well, I've seen a horsefly. CROW #2: Ah, I've seen a dragonfly. CROW #3: Hee-hee. I've seen a housefly. JIM CROW: Yeah! See, I've seen all that too. ALL CROWS: When I see an elephant fly.

The song is included in Dumbo Movie Songs

Jim Crow's name derives from a minstrel show character of the same name. He was created by Thomas D. Rice (1808-60) in the 1830s. The character as originally depicted was dressed in rags, battered hat and torn shoes. Rice blackened his face and hands and impersonated a very nimble and irreverently witty African-American field hand.



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