Easter Songs - Easter Lyrics

PETER COTTONTAIL  
                         (Easter Version)  
                         Here comes Peter Cottontail 
                          Hoppin' down the bunny trail, 
                    Hippity hoppin', Easter's on its way 
                          Bringin' ev'ry girl and boy 
                          A basketful of Easter joy 
                 Things to make your Easter bright and gay 

                        He's got jelly beans for Tommy 
                          Colored eggs for sister Sue 
                      There's an orchid for your mommy 
                        And an Easter bonnet too. Oh! 

                           Here comes Peter Cottontail 
                           Hoppin' down the bunny trail 
                        Hippity hoppity Happy Easter Day 

                      Look at him hop and listen to him say, 
                        "Try to do the things you should" 
                              Maybe if you're extra good 
                      He'll roll lots of Easter eggs your way 

                        You'll wake up on Easter morning 
                         And you'll know that he was there 
                       When you find those choc'late bunnies 
                          That he's hiding ev’rywhere, Oh! 

EASTER PARADE  
by Irving Berlin (1933)

                     Never saw you look quite so pretty before 
             Never saw you dressed quite so lovely what's more 
             I could hardly wait to keep our date this lovely  
                                   Easter morning... 
             And my heart beat fast as I came through the door 

             For In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it 
               You'll be the grandest lady in the Easter parade 

                I'll be all in clover and when they look you over 
                I'll be the proudest fellow in the Easter parade 

                                      On the Avenue 
                                      Fifth Avenue 
                          The photographers will snap us 
                          And you'll find that you're 
                          In the rotogravure 

[alternate bridge for Great Britain:]

                          To the Park we'll go 
                          Round Rotten Row 
                          The photographers will snap us 
                          And then you'll be seen 
                           In the Smart magazine  

The EASTER BUNNY 
by M. Josephine Todd, 1909 

There's a story quite funny, 
About a toy bunny, 
And the wonderful things she can do; 
Every bright Easter morning, 
Without warning, 
She colors eggs, red, green, or blue. 

Some she covers with spots, 
Some with quaint little dots, 
And some with strange mixed colors, too -- 
Red and green, blue and yellow, 
But each unlike his fellow 
Are eggs of every hue. 

And it's odd, as folks say, 
That on no other day 
In all of the whole year through, 
Does this wonderful bunny, 
So busy and funny, 
Color eggs of every hue. 

If this story you doubt 
She will soon find you out, 
  And what do you think she will do? 
On the next Easter morning 
She'll bring you without warning,
                               Those eggs of every hue. 
  

I'M A LITTLE BUNNY

                         I'm a little bunny, with a cotton tail; 
                             See me hopping down the trail, 
                                  When I see a carrot --- 
                                   My ears - they shake! 
                                   And then, of course,  
                                      A bite I take!!! 
                                      CRUNCH!!!!! 

TEN LITTLE BUNNIES

                               1 little, 2 little, 3 little bunnies, 
                               4 little, 5 little, 6 little bunnies, 
                               7 little, 8 little, 9 little bunnies, 
                        10 little bunnies hopping up and down. 
                               1 little, 2 little, 3 little bunnies, 
                               4 little, 5 little, 6 little bunnies, 
                               7 little, 8 little, 9 little bunnies, 
                        10 little bunnies jumping up and down. 
                              1 little, 2 little, 3 little bunnies, 
                              4 little, 5 little, 6 little bunnies, 
                              7 little, 8 little, 9 little bunnies, 
                            10 little bunnies twirling around. 
                             1 little, 2 little, 3 little bunnies, 
                             4 little, 5 little, 6 little bunnies, 
                             7 little, 8 little, 9 little bunnies, 
                        10 little bunnies hopping on one foot.