The Woodpecker Song    Adamson\Lazzaro    



I found the sheet music for this wonderful song years ago and decided to sing it in my new performance booth. "The Human Juke Box." I built a rack of sound effects called "The Chicken Rack" that I played with my hands and feet while strumming the banjo. On my head, tapping out the rhythm, was a wooden woodpecker mounted on a white construction workers hat. Those are the same sound effects you hear on the CD. (You can watch a video of me as “The Human Juke Box” 

He’s up in the morning bright and early

To wake up all the neighbourhood

To bring to every boy and girlie

His happy serenade on wood

Hear him peckin’ out a melody

Peck, peck, peckin’ at the same ofl tree

He’s as happy as a bumble bee

All day long

To serenade your lady

Just find a tree that’s shady

And when you hear that tick-a-tick-tick

Tick-a-tick sing right along

Come on and join his rhythm

And let your heart beat with him

Just listen to that tick-a-tick-tick

Tick-a-tick-tick happy little woodpecker song

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