Rosemary Clooney — I Wish I Wuz lyrics

Lyrics

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