Larry's High Silk Hat

**Larry's High Silk Hat** is the eleventh Silly Songs with Larry.

Larry expresses about his top hat and box of chocolates while waiting for the trolley.

## Lyrics

**Archibald:** *One day, while he was waiting for the trolley, he had a hat.*

**Larry:** *My high silk hat.*

**Archibald:** *He wore it high upon his head so proudly, a beautiful hat.*

**Larry:** *My high silk hat.*

**Archibald:** *A hat like this just makes him feel so grandly*

*Now fancy this, and fancy that.*

*The splendor of his hat in all its majesty.*

**Larry:** *Like a king, in a royal cap!*

*I feel so swell and handsome in my hat.*

(*Art Bigotti walks up and sits on the bench. He looks at Larry, confused*)

*I bet that others wish they had in fact...*

**Larry and Archibald:** *A hat as this, a hat as that, a hat so fine, a high silk hat!*

**Larry:** *Oh, Mr. Art Bigotti,*

*Now what do you think of that?*

(*Art Bigotti rolls his eyes, gets up from the bench, and walks until he gets behind the bench.*)

**Archibald and Chorus:** *Now his hat was not all he wore so proudly,*

**Archibald:** *I must in fact share more than that.*

**Archibald and Chorus:** *For upon his lap there sat a treat so fondly, of chocolate this.*

**Larry:** *And chocolate that.*

**Archibald:** *Deliciousness that makes him feel so dandy, a chocolate bliss.*

**Larry:** *A chocolate snack.*

(*Mr. Nezzer walks up and sits on the bench, then notices Larry's box of chocolates.*)

**Chorus:** *Confections such as these are more than candy, somewhat like life, a box of that.*

**Larry:** *I have my chocolate placed upon my lap.*

*I feel so good you just cannot top that.*

**Larry and Chorus:** *I have my snack, a chocolate pack of chocolate this and chocolate that!*

**Larry:** *Oh golly, Mr. Nezzer, now what do you think of that?*

(*Mr. Nezzer gets up from the bench and walks until he gets behind the bench.*)

**Archibald:** *Now time was passing and the sun grew hotter upon his hat.*

**Chorus:** *And chocolate snack.*

(*Jean Claude and Phillipe pass by riding a bike*)

**Archibald:** *So beneath his hat he thought and pondered:*

**Larry:** *What should I do to save my hat?*

**Archibald:** *He thought and contemplated as he perspired, beneath his hat.*

(*Jean Claude and Philippe pass by on their bike again, this time, from the opposite direction; Jean Claude hops off the bike near the bench and looks surprisingly at Larry and his chocolates*)

**Chorus:** *Upon his lap.*

**Archibald:** *He feared his chocolate treats would soon retire into a pool.*

**Chorus:** *A chocolate vat.*

**Larry and Chorus:** *I won't feel grand if I take off my hat.*

*The sun's getting hot and my hat just might go flat.*

*My hat, it might go flat, and my sweets will melt like that!*

**Larry:** *Oh, hurry Mr. Trolley, before my dapperness goes flat!*

**Archibald and Chorus:** *He decided to forgo his looks so dashing to save his hat.*

**Jean-Claude:** *And little snack!*

**Archibald and Chorus:** *So he placed the treats upon the seat beside him.*

**Mr. Nezzer:** *And put his hat on top of that.*

(*Miss Achmetha walks up to the bench and sits*)

**Larry:** *Oh please.*

**Chorus:** *Oh please, oh please!*

**Larry:** *Don't anybody sit close to me, upon my hat.*

**Larry and Chorus:** *I ask if all of you could be so kindly*

**Larry:** *and just stand back, away from my snack!*

(*Apollo Gourd sits on Larry's hat and chocolates, wearing a shirt saying "GOURD'S GYM".*)

**Larry:** *A great big squash just sat upon my hat!*

*A great big squash just squished my hat real flat!*

*He squashed my hat, he made it flat, he squished my snack, oh what of that?*

*Oh, tell me, anybody, now what do you think of that?*

**All:** *A great big squash just sat upon his hat!*

*A great big enormous squash squished his hat real flat!*

*He squashed his hat, he made it flat, he squished his snack, oh what of that?*

(*The trolley arrives and all get on except Larry. Scallion #1 then walks up.*)

**Larry:** *Oh, golly!* (*Spoken*) Uh, what's your name?

**Scallion #1:** (*Spoken*) They've never given me a name. I've been around since show one and I still don't have a name!

**Larry and Chorus:** *Now what do you think of that?*