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An actor's life for me. A wax mustache and a beaver coat. A pony cart and a billy goat. Hi-diddle-dee-dum. An actor's life is fun. You wear your hair in a pompadour. You ride around in a coach and four. You stop and buy out a candy store. An actor's life for me!
Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee (An Actor's Life for Me) Lyrics: Hi-diddle-dee-dee / An actor's life for me / A high silk hat and a silver cane / A watch of gold with a diamond chain /...
A pony cart and a billy goat. Hi-diddle-dee-dum. An actor's life is fun. You wear your hair in a pompadour. You ride around in a coach and four. You stop and buy out a candy store. An actor's life for me! Lyrics transcribed by Disneyclips.com. Music and lyrics by Leigh Harline and Ned Washington.
Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee (An Actor's Life For Me) (From "Pinocchio"/Audio Only) - YouTube. The beloved classic comes to life in the all-new live-action #Pinocchio! Listen to the soundtrack...
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"Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee" is a song from the 1940 animated film Pinocchio, notable as being the first Disney Villain song ever in the Disney Animated Canon. It is performed by Honest John as he and Gideon take Pinocchio to Stromboli's Caravan, telling the wooden boy that he will be a star there. The tune is used throughout the film to represent temptation despite sounding cheery; Honest John again sings it when taking Pinocchio to the Coachman ("It's Pleasure Isle for me!") An instrumental portion is heard when Pinocchio and a group of boys are taken to Pleasure Island , and the tune is heard being played on calliope while the boys enjoy themselves. Lampwick also whistles it to himself as he plays pool.
In the Walt Disney Presents episode "A Salute to Father", Goofy is first heard singing a version of this song, but with revised lyrics about the joys of bachelorhood. Later in the same episode, as a miserable Goofy, having lost his money in a poker game, sits on a park bench on a cold autumn day, the episode narrator (John Dehner) sings a more depressed version of this song to show how bachelorhood is not all it is cracked up to be and advises Goofy to settle down and get married.
The song was also featured in Episode 301 of The Muppet Show and later reused in Episode 305, sung by Fozzie Bear and Rowlf the Dog. The same version was sung by Mickey Mouse and Goofy with Donald Duck interjecting in the 1989-1990 Disneyland show One Man's Dream. Also, at the beginning of the DuckTales episode "Spies in Their Eyes", Donald is heard singing the song, with the "actor's life for me" line changed to "sailor's life".
The song was included on the Disney Sing Along Songs VHS Heigh-Ho.
•The version from Pinocchio's Daring Journey is featured in Disney Sing Along Songs: Heigh-Ho.
•Donald's version in "Spies in Their Eyes" could be meant as an antithetical version to Pinocchio and Honest John's ideas of a life of luxury and ease, as Donald's sailor job, like many in the Navy, was full of long hours, hard work, cramped quarters, and little time for rest and relaxation.
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Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee (An Actor's Life for Me) Lyrics by Disney from the Absolutely Disney album- including song video, artist biography, translations and more: Hi-diddle-dee-dee An actor's life for me A high silk hat and a silver cane A watch of gold with a diamond chain Hi-did…
"Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee", also known as An Actor's Life for Me, [1] is a song from Walt Disney's animated film Pinocchio sung by Walter Catlett. The music is by Leigh Harline, and the lyrics are by Ned Washington and Oliver Wallace. [2]
