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Pinocchio Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee (An Actor's Life For Me)music by Leigh Harline, lyrics by Ned Washington and Oliver Wallace, sung by Walter Catlett in the character of Honest John and Dickie Jones in the character of Pinocchio, song from original soundtrack of Pinocchio (1940) movie.Watch video clip |
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Song lyricsHi-diddle-dee-dee An actor's life for me. A high silk hat and a silver cane. A watch of gold with a diamond chain. Hi-diddle-dee-day An actor's life is gay. It's great to be a celebrity An actor's life for me. Hi-diddle-dee-dum An actor's life is fun. Hi-diddle-dee-dee An actor's life for me. A wax mustache and a beaver coat A pony cart and a billy goat. Hi-diddle-dee-dum An actor's life is fun. You wear your hair in a pompadour. You ride around in a coach and four. You stop and buy out a candy store. An actor's life for me! |
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NotesThe song is included in Pinocchio Movie Songs. A reprise of the song is sung when Pinocchio is being taken to Pleasure Island. The reprise in the soundtrack version on the disc contains none of the vocals as presented on the record and in the film. The first time that a film won the Academy Award for both its score and one of its songs. The next time this happened for Disney Studios was in 1964 when Mary Poppins (1964) triumphed in both categories. In 1940, Victor Young conducted a four-record 78-RPM Decca album of the songs from "Pinocchio". The album featured three songs eventually deleted from the film before its release: "Jiminy Cricket", "Turn on the Old Music Box" and "Three Cheers for Anything". Watch songs from movie original soundtrack |
