I Wish I Wuz (Hi Ho Fiddle Dee Dee) - Rosemary Clooney, Stan Freeman

hi-ho, fiddle-dee-deetell ya what I’d like to behi-ho, fiddle-dee-deehere is what I dream I’d like to be I wish I was a swingin', clingin' vine

I wish I was a swingin', clingin' vineif I was a swingin', clingin' vine

I’d only cling to the boy of mine

I wish I was a swingin', clingin' vine hi-ho, fiddle-dee-deetell ya what I’d

like to behi-ho, fiddle-dee-deehere is what I dream I’d like to be —

instrumental break — I wish I was a glass of sherry wine

I wish I was a glass of sherry wineif I was a glass of sherry wine

I’d warm your heart till you were mine

I wish I was a glass of sherry wine hi-ho, fiddle-dee-deetell ya what I’d like

to behi-ho, fiddle-dee-deehere is what I dream I’d like to be I wish I was an apple on a tree

I wish I was an apple on a treeif I was an apple on a treea boy’d come along,

take a bite from me I wish I was an apple on a tree hi-ho, fiddle-dee-deetell ya what I'd like to behi-ho, fiddle-dee-deehere is what I dream I'd like to be here

is what I dream

I’d like to be