Karaoké The Marvelous Toy Peter, Paul and Mary

When I was just

When I was just a wee little lad a wee little lad

Full of health

Full of health and joy and joy

My father homeward

My father homeward came one night came one night

And gave to me

And gave to me a toy a toy

A wonder to behold

A wonder to behold it was it was

With many

With many colors bright colors bright

And the moment

And the moment

I laid eyes on it

I laid eyes on it

It became my heart's

It became my heart's delight delight

It went zip when it moved

It went zip when it moved and bop when it stopped and bop when it stopped

And whirrr when it stood still

And whirrr when it stood still

I never knew just

I never knew just

What it was

What it was and I guess I never will and I guess I never will

The first time that I picked it up

I had a big surprise

'Cause right on the bottom oh oh were two big buttons

That looked like big green eyes

I first pushed one

And then the other and then I twisted its lid and then I twisted its lid

And when I set it

And when I set it down again down again

Here is what it

Here is what it did did

It went zip when it moved

It went zip when it moved and when it stopped and bop when it stopped

And whirrr when it stood still

And when it stood still

I never knew just

I never knew just

What it was

What it was and I guess I never will and I guess I never will

It first marched left

And then marched right and then marched under a chair

And when I looked

And when I looked where it had gone where it had gone

It wasn't

It wasn't even there even there

I started to cry

But my daddy laughed 'cause he knew that I would find

When I turned around

When I turned around my marvelous toy my marvelous toy

Would be chugging from

Chugging from behind behind

It went zip when it moved

Zip when it moved and bop when it stopped and when it stopped

And when it stood still

And whirrr when it stood still

I never knew just

I never knew just

What it was

What it was and I guess I never will and I guess I never will

Whirr whirr

Whirr whirr

Whirr whirr

Whirr

The years have gone by too quickly it seems

I have my own little boy

And yesterday I gave to him my marvelous little toy

His

His eyes nearly popped right eyes nearly popped right

Out of his head

Out of his head and he gave a squeal of glee and he gave a squeal of glee

Neither one of us knows

Neither one of us knows just what it is just what it is

But he loves

But he loves it just like me it just like me

It still goes zip when it moved

It still goes zip when it moved and bop when it stopped and bop when it stopped

And whirrr when it stood still

And whirrr when it stood still

I never knew just

I never knew just

What it was

What it was and I guess I never will and I guess I never will