Hooray For Tom

Will it really help me to learn About Frederick The Great and when Rome burned? Wish they'd skip over me when it's my turn All this useless information So I can talk way above my station And I lost when I couldn't spell congratulations Well, hooray, hooray for Tom Won the spelling bee Spelled the difficult words so right And now he's on TV Oh, hooray, hooray for Tom He's up there for all to see And I hope someday they'll say hooray for me Teach me long division So I can figure out baseball stats Batting average, fielding percentage and all that Well I learned more at home okay Learned how to scrap, learned some funny things to say And I lost when I spelled B A N A N A N A Well, hooray, hooray for Tom Won the spelling bee Spelled the difficult words so right And now he's on TV Hooray, hooray for Tom He's up there for all to see And I hope someday they'll say hooray for me Hooray, hooray for Tom Won the old spelling bee Spelled the difficult words so right Spelled the crepuscule so right And now he's on TV Hooray, hooray for Tom He's up there for all to see And I hope someday they'll say hooray Hope someday they'll say hooray Well, I hope someday they'll say hooray for me