The Gingerbread Man (A Yodeling Song)

Song: The Gingerbread Man
Lyrics: ai & Aaron J Weaver
Music & Voices: ai

[verse1]
An old woman was beginning to bake,
A gingerbread man for her husband did make.
With flour and sugar and eggs, oh sweet,
They made him with icing and candy-drop treats.

She popped him in the oven, all ready to bake,
A wonderful, scrumptious, delicious cake,
But when the door opened, a surprise was in store,
He leaped out and ran right across the floor.

[chorus]
He shouted, "Run, run, as fast as you can,
You'll never catch me, I'm the Gingerbread Man!"

Yodel-ay-ee-oooo!
Hoo-dle-ooo-dle-ay!
Ay-ee-oooo, ay-ee-oooo!
Ee-oooo-dle-lay-hee!

[verse2]
The old woman cried, "Stop! You cannot go!"
But the gingerbread man said, "no, no!"
He laughed as he ran out the garden gate.
With the husband chasing him with a rake.

He ran past a cow, who wanted a bite,
But the gingerbread man ran with all his might,
He then passed a horse in a nearby stable,
But to catch the cookie man, it wasn't able.

[chorus]
He shouted, "Run, run, as fast as you can,
you'll never catch me, I'm the Gingerbread Man!"
I ran from a woman, and I ran from a man,
I ran from a cow and from you I can.

Oh-dle-ay, oh-dle-ay,
Ee-ooooooooo-le-lay,
Hoo-ha-hee-ho,
Yodel-oooo-lay!

[verse3]
The horse was too slow for the swift little man,
"I've run from them all, I'm the best, yes I am!"
He kept on his way, making good time,
With the whole farmyard chasing, far behind.

Then he came to a river, wide and deep,
He couldn't get wet, or he'd turn to a heap!
A sly, cunning fox then appeared by the shore,
"Where are you going, what are you running for?"

[chorus]
He shouted, "Run, run, as fast as you can,
"You'll never catch me, I'm the Gingerbread Man!"
"I ran from a woman, and I ran from a man,"
"I ran from a cow and from you I can."

"I ran from a horse who is too slow,"
"Now across the river I have to go."
"Don't think of eating me, no way!"
"I can also run from you today."

[chorus]
"I don't want to chase you," the fox did say,
"Hop on my back and I'll save you today."
The man didn't think, he just wanted across,
He hopped on the tail of the clever old fox.

The water grew deeper, fox said, "Oh dear!
Jump on my back, there is nothing to fear!"
Then the fox said, "Climb on the tip of my nose,"
"So, not to get wet those sugary toes!"

[bridge]
Fox tossed him up and opened wide,
The ginger man flew and couldn't hide,
With one big gulp, the fox did swallow,
Nothing left of that gingerbread fellow.

[chorus]
Fox shouted, "Ran, ran, as fast as he can,
You'll never catch him, he's the Gingerbread Man!"
He ran from a woman, and he ran from a man,
He ran from a cow and from you he can.

He ran from a horse who was to slow,
Then across the river he had to go.
He jumped on my back to get away,
Yet I caught the gingerbread man today.

Yodel-ay-ee-oooo!
Hoo-dle-ooo-dle-ay!
Ay-ee-oooo, ay-ee-oooo!
Ee-oooo-dle-lay-hee!

Yes, he shouted, "Run, run, as fast as you can,
"You'll never catch me, I'm the Gingerbread Man!"
"I ran from a woman, and I ran from a man,"
"I ran from a cow and from you I can."

"I ran from a horse who is too slow,"
"Now across the river I have to go."
"Don't think of eating me, no way!"
"I can also run from you today."

Hee-hoo-ha-hee,
Lay-ee-ooo-dle-ay,
Hoo-dle-ee, hoo-dle-ee,
Yodel-ay-ee-oooo!