Marvelous Toy

When I was just a little girl

Full of health and joy

One Christmas morning I received

A marvelous little toy

A wonder to behold it was

With many colors bright

And the moment I laid eyes on it

It became my heart's delight.

It went zip when it moved

Ba when it stopped

Burr when it stood still

I never knew just what it was

and I guess I never will

The first time that I picked it up

I had a big surprise

For right on the bottom 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 when I set it down again

Here is what it did

It went zip when it moved

Ba when it stopped

Burr when it stood still

I never knew just what it was

and I guess I never will

It first marched left, then marched right

Then marched under a chair

And when I looked where it had gone

It wasn't even there

I started to cry but my Daddy laughed

He knew that I would find

When I turned around my marvelous toy

A chugging from behind

It went zip when it moved

Ba when it stopped

Burr when it stood still

I never knew just what it was

and I guess I never will

Well the years have passed too quickly it seems

I have my own little boy

And Yesterday I gave to him

My marvelous little toy

His eyes nearly popped right out of his head

He gave a squeal of glee

Neither one of us knows just what it is

But he loves it just like me

It still goes zip when it moved

Ba when it stopped

Burr when it stood still

I never knew just what it was

and I guess I never will

I never knew just what it was

and I guess I never will