Lyrics: Fred Rose
Music: Fred Rose
It seems that the Grateful Dead played this in their very early days as The Warlocks.
In his book "Dark Star: An Oral Biography Of Jerry Garcia", Robert Greenfield quotes Tom Constanten:
"I saw one of the Warlock's shows at the Inn Room in Redwood City. ... Jerry was no longer Cesar Romero but Prince Valiant doing 'Roly-Poly', 'Do You Believe In Magic' and other songs."More recently, it was sung by Ross James with Phil Lesh and Friends.
Roly Poly, eatin' corn and 'taters
Hungry every minute of the day
Roly Poly, gnawin' on a biscuit
Long as he can chew it, it's OK
He can eat an apple pie
And never even bat an eye
He likes everything from soup to hay
Roly Poly, daddy's little fattie
Bet he's gonna be a man someday
Roly Poly, scrambled eggs for breakfast
Bread and jelly twenty times a day
Roly Poly, eats a hearty dinner
It takes lots of strength to run and play
Pulls up weeds and does the chores
And he runs both ways to all the stores
He works up an appetite that way
Roly Poly, daddy's little fattie
Bet he's gonna be a man someday