Lullaby Lyricist Mugs

"This next one's for you, babe."

Rejected Titles For The Canadian National Anthem.

Rockabye Baby- $10/hour.

'The next piece contains sex, violence, and Homeric epithets.'

"And if that diamond ring don’t shine, Poppa will probably take it back to 47th Street and get something for your mother."

Jeff Tweedy caricature.

Fuzz - Fuzzy writes a song with a positive message.

"I always thought love made the world go round."

"I wrote a poem, even though I'm on vacation."

Tragedy! When the feeling's gone and you can't go on.

'Cole Porter has the lyrics checked'

"Go to sleep, or she'll sing it again."

I'm a songbird. He's my lyricist.

"I'm stuck for the 'June-moon' rhyme in Serbo-Croatian."

"Yes, 'the lion sleeps tonight', I know the tune, but it means it's had a good feed during the day, which is not really a good thing..."

"Never get between a mama bear and her cub – unless you want to hear a long story about our struggles with bedtime."

"I feel that what would really give your next album a major boost would be some kind of well-publicized personal problem."

"Well, we've for the melody down now, but I'm still not sure about the part where it goes, '...and they call the wind Dorcas Schnickelbaum.'"

"Hush, little baby, don’t you cry ... ever."

"Great moments in songwriting" "What if she had a little lamb?" "Maybe it follows her to school?" "Wouldn't that make the children laugh?" "Exactly."

Vasiliy Lebedev-Kumach

'This one writes some fine lyrics, and the other one has composed some beautiful music, but they just done't seem to hit it off as collaborators.'

'This next one I wrote myself. It's about pain, misery and heartbreak, until I finally wised up and dumped him.'

"My next song is a little ditty about why I don't have any references."

"I don't do spells. I'm a wizard at deciphering rap lyrics."

"Yeah, most people are surprised when they learn I'm actually a lyricist."

Hush a bye baby

He's disappointed --- He came here because he thought the song went "New York, New York, it's an elephant town."

'Moon, June...'

Noel Coward

"Moon….June Croon….Loon… …Tycoon"

"Nice, but not Pavarotti''

Class Reunion. Back in school, Ernie was the world's biggest Beatle fan! For the reunion, he's written songs about some of our classmates. There's a cheesemaker

Stork and baby

That special place in heaven reserved for undiscovered composers, writers and artists.