Be a Stout Fellow

Be a Stout Fellow was a deleted song from The Wind in the Willows that was written while it was being developed as a full-length feature. It would've been sung by Gertie, the charwoman of the prison, that Toad got sent to in an attempt to cheer him up.
==Lyrics==
Prisoners (in tandem): Gertie, Gertie, funny looking Gertie
Her teeth are false and her legs are bowed
Gertie, Gertie, funny looking Gertie
She's gone soft on a big, fat toad
Toad: Oh, I'm so down-hearted that I wish that I could die
Gertie: You do?
Toad: You can see I've suffered by the sad look in my eye
Gertie: Poor you
Toad: Oh, I'm feeling so unhappy
There's a big lump in my throat
Gertie: Then for you, my dear old chappie
I've the proper antidote
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
I've the proper antidote
Be a stout fellow, a riddle-a tiddle-ti boom
If you want to forget your troubles and be gay
When things go wrong, warble a happy song and say
Fiddle-dee-dee, a riddle-ti tittle-ti tattle-ti
Be a stout fellow, a riddle-a tiddle-ti boom
'Tho you haven't a thing to vocalize about
When things go wrong, warble a happy song and shout right out
Fiddle-dee-dee, fiddle-dee-dee, let go
Fiddle-dee-dee, fiddle-dee-dee, with a loud fortissimo
Fiddle-dee-dee, fiddle-dee-dee and instead of feeling low
Fiddle-dee-dee, you'll be a jolly old, merry old, bally old stout fellow
A riddle-a tiddle-ti boom
If you want to forget your troubles right away when things go wrong
Just warble a happy song and say fiddle-dee-dee, ah hah
Fiddle-dee-dee, ah hah
Category:Deleted songs
Category:The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad songs
Category:Songs