The Yodeling Veterinarian of the Alps

**The Yodeling Veterinarian of the Alps** is the ninth Silly Song with Larry that debuted on VeggieTales' second sing-along video, The End of Silliness?

Larry is portrayed as a veterinarian who believes he is able to cure sick pets simply by yodeling to them. Meanwhile, his nurse is slipping medicine to the pets' owners behind Larry's back.

## Lyrics

*(The title card is shown, depicting Larry as a vet with a blue-footed penguin on an examination table in front of him.)*

*(It crossfades to The Scallions and Frankencelery as a quartet, standing on the countertop in front of a freestanding red curtain with and a single microphone in front.)*

**Quartet Singers:** *Mmmmmmmmm …*

**Scallions 2 and 3:** *There lived a man so long ago his memory's but faint.*

**Quartet Singers:** *Was not admired..*

**Scallion 3:** ..*did not inspire..*

**Scallions 2 and 3:** *like president..*

**Quartet Singers:** *..or saint.*

**Scallions 2 and 3:**  *But people came from far and near with*

**Quartet Singers:** *their afflicted pets,*

*For a special cure..*

**Scallion 3:** *..they knew for sure*

**Scallion 2:** *Wouldn't..*

**Quartet Singers:** ..*come from other vets.*

*Whooooooooa …*

*(The camera pans over to a set made to look like a veterinarian’s hospital examination room. As seen in the title card, a penguin with blue feet lays on the examination table in front of his worried owner, Junior Asparagus. Looking on is Pa Grape as the nurse and Larry as the veterinarian.)*

**Larry:** *This is a song*

*For your poor sick penguin.*

*He's got a fever!*

*And his toes are blue.*

*But if I sing*

*To your poor sick penguin,*

*He will feel better*

*In a day or two!*

*Yodel-leh-hee Yodel-leh-hee Yodel-leh-hoo!*

*Yodel-leh-hee Yodel-leh-hee Yodel-eee-ooo!*

*Yodel-leh-hee Yodel-leh-hee Yodel-eee-ooo!*

*Ya-de Ya-de Ya-de Ya-de Ya-de-ooo!*

*(The penguin sneezes and spits out his thermometer.)*

**Pa Grape:** (to Junior) *He's gone a little loopy, in case you hadn't heard.*

*Here's a couple penicillin for your sickly arctic bird.*

*(Pa gives Junior a bottle of penicillin. The camera pans back over to the Quartet.)*

**Quartet Singers:** *Mmmmmmmmm…*

*No skeptic could explain just how,*

*Nor could one oft rebut*

*The wondrous deeds that went on in that little alpine hut!*

**Scallion 2:** *Some would stand in silence while..*

**Scallions 2 and 3:** ..*some just scratched their scalps..*

**Quartet Singers:** ..*For the curious ways of the Yodeling Veterinarian of the Alps!*

*Whooooooooa…*

*(The camera pans back to vet’s office. Pa Grape is on the phone.)*

**Pa Grape:** Good news on the penguin, Doc. … He's up and kicking!

*(A pregnant cat is sitting on the examination table now, with its owner, Bob, looking on.)*

**Kitty:** Meow.

**Larry:** *This is a song,*

*For your pregnant kitty.*

*She's looking nauseous!*

*And a week past due.*

*But if I sing*

*To your pregnant kitty,*

*She will feel better*

*In a day or two!*

*Yodel-leh-hee yodel-leh-hee yodel-leh-hoo!*

*Yodel-leh-hee Yodel-ye-dee Yodel-dee-ooo!*

*Yo-didly-ayee Yo-eee-aye-ooo Yodel-aye-ooo!*

*Yada Yada Yada Yada Ya-ga-doo!*

**Kitty:** Hiss!

**Pa Grape:** (to Bob) *Jump in your car,*

*Drive into the city.*

*Buy a jug of milk,*

*For your nauseated kitty.*

*(Pa hands Bob a coupon for milk. Camera pans back to the Quartet again.)*

**Quartet Singers:** *Mmmmmmmmm…*

**Scallion 2:** *The practice grew, their profits flew,*

*Until one fateful day.*

*When the nurse who did assist the doc asked..*

**Quartet Singers:** ..*for a raise in pay.*

**Scallion 2:** *The doctor pondered this a while,*

*Sat back and..*

**Quartet Singers:** ..*scratched his scalp.*

**Scallion 2:** Then said:

**Larry:** No way, Jose!

**Quartet Singers:** *To the Nurse of the Yodeling Veterinarian of the Alps!*

*Whooooooooa…*

*(The camera pans back to the vet’s office. Pa Grape is on the phone again, this time much more perturbed.)*

**Pa Grape:** Good news on the kitty Doc. … she's feelin' great … 6 kittens … named one after you …

(The camera pulls back to reveal a large grizzly bear covered in bear traps sitting on the examination table, with his owner, Percy, looking on.)

**Ted the Bear:** Roar!

**Larry:** *This is a song,*

*for your bear-trapped teddy.*

*He looks uncomfy,*

*Think I'd be too.*

*But if I sing,*

*To your bear-trapped teddy,*

*He will feel better,*

*In a day or two.*

*Yodel-leh-hee Yodel-leh-hee Yodel-leh-hoo!*

*Yodel-yeh-hee O-la-hee Oly-ooo!*

*Yodel-leh-hee Yodel-leh-hoo Layo-lay-hoo!*

*Yodel-leh-hee Yaba-daba Yaba-doo!*

*(Ted the Bear looks to the audience, unimpressed.)*

**Ted the Bear:** Roar! Roar-ah-har-roar.

**Pa Grape:** Oh yeah … That'll work. … He's good.

*(The bear continues to roar over Larry’s yodeling.)*

**Larry:** *Yodel-leh-hee! Yodel-leh-hoo!*

No, wait, this should work …

*Yodel-leh-hee! Yodel-leh-hoo! Yodel-leh-hoo!*

*Ooo! Yodel-hoo!*

*(The camera slowly pans to the Quartet as crashing and smashing noises are heard offscreen.)*

**Quartet Singers:** *Mmmmmmmmm…*

*Now the moral of our story,*

*It's the point we hope we've made …*

**Scallion 2:** *When you go a little loopy —*

*Better..*

**Quartet Singers:** ..*keep your nurse well paid!*

*(Larry runs back and forth being chased by the bear.)*

**Larry:** *Yodel-leh-hee!*

*Yodel-leh-hoo!*

*Yodel odle odle aye de*

*Aye de ooo-ooo-ooo!*

**Quartet Singers:** Oh!

*Some would stand in silence while some just scratched their scalps,*

*For the curious ways of the Yodeling Veterinarian of the Alps!*

*(The camera pulls out to reveal the entire set in shambles. Larry is seen behind the debris, still running from the bear.)*

**Larry:** *Yodel-hoo!*

*(Iris out.)*