Sing For Your Supper 
Composer(s): Richard Rodgers; Lorenz Hart
Performer(s): The Mamas & The Papas
and multiple other artists



Hawks and crows do lots of things
but the canary only sings
She is a courtesan on wings
So I've heard
Eagles and storks are twice as strong
All the canary knows is song
But the canary gets along
Guilded bird!

Sing for your supper
And you'll get breakfast
Songbirds always eat
If their song is sweet to hear

Sing for your luncheon
And you'll get dinner
Dine with wine of choice
If romance is in your voice

I heard from a wise canary
Trilling makes a fellow willing
So, little swallow, swallow now
Now is the time to

Sing for your supper
And you'll get breakfast
Songbirds are not dumb
They don't buy a crumb
Of bread
It's said
So sing and you'll be fed