The Picky Little Chipmunk

Verse 1

Deep in the pines there lived a little fella

With a fuzzy brown coat and a strut that was grand

Alex Nader was his name and he only had one hunger

A rare golden pine nut from a tree off the land

Now the squirrels came round with their backpacks and buckets

Offering walnuts and acorns galore

But Alex just sniffed at their gracious little presents

Said nothing but that one rare nut was worth more

Chorus

Alex Nader Yodel-ay-ee-ooo

He wouldn't touch a walnut no matter what you'd do

Yodel-ay-ee-ooo that stubborn little soul

He'd rather starve than eat a nut that wasn't his to hold

Yodel-ay-ee-ooo-ee-ooo-ay-ee

Verse 2

Then one hard winter the cold wind came screamin'

And the golden pine tree gave up every seed

The squirrels all huddled with their stockpiles a-brimming

And offered Alex a fine acorn indeed

But he turned up his nose and he shook his small tail

Said my nut or nothin' and I mean that for true

So he withered right there by the frozen creek waters

With fine walnuts sittin' a mile out of view

Chorus

Alex Nader Yodel-ay-ee-ooo

He wouldn't touch a walnut no matter what you'd do

Yodel-ay-ee-ooo that stubborn little soul

He'd rather starve than eat a nut that wasn't his to hold

Yodel-ay-ee-ooo-ee-ooo-ay-ee

Bridge

Now the squirrels they buried him under the tall oak

With a walnut placed right on his stone

And the moral of this story's plain as the morning

A picky little critter always dies alone

Chorus

Alex Nader Yodel-ay-ee-ooo

He wouldn't touch a walnut no matter what you'd do

Yodel-ay-ee-ooo that stubborn little soul

He'd rather starve than eat a nut that wasn't his to hold

Yodel-ay-ee-ooo-ee-ooo-ay-ee

Yodel-ay-ee-ooo-ee-ooo-ay-ee-ooo