Lolly, Lolly, Lolly,  Get Your Adverbs Here!
Composer(s): Bob Dorough
Performer(s): Bob Dorough; Buffalo Tom



Hmmmmm... hmmmmm... hmmmmm!!!

Ready pop?
Yep
Ready son?
Uh-huh
Let's go!
Let's go!
One! two!

Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, get your adverbs here
Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, got some adverbs here
Come on down to Lolly's, get the adverbs here!
You're going to need
If you write or read
Or even think about it

Lolly Lolly Lolly, get your adverbs here
Got a lot of lolly, jolly adverbs here
Anything you need and we can make it absolutely clear ...

An adverb is a word
(That's all it is! and there's a lot of them)
That modifies a verb
(Sometimes a verb and sometimes)
It modifies an adjective, or else another adverb
And so you see that it's positively, very, very, necessary

Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, get your adverbs here
Father, son, and Lolly selling adverbs here
Got a lot of adverbs, and we make it clear
So come to Lolly! (Lolly, Lolly, Lolly)

Hello, folks, this is Lolly Sr., saying we have every adverb in the book
so come on down and look

Hello folks, Lolly Jr. here 
Suppose your house needs painting 
how are you going to paint it? 
That's where the adverb comes in
We can also give you a special intensifier so you can paint it very neatly or rather sloppily

Hi! Suppose you're going nut-gathering; your buddy wants to know where and when 
Use an adverb and tell him!

Get your adverbs!

Use it with an adjective, it says much more
Anything described can be described some more
Anything you'd ever need is in the store
And so you choose very carefully every word you use

Use it with a verb, it tells us how you did
Where it happened, where you're going, where you've been
Use it with another adverb -- that's the end
And even more ...

How, where, or when
Condition or reason
These questions are answered
When you use an adverb

Come and get it!

Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, get your adverbs here
Quickly, quickly, quickly, get those adverbs here
Slowly, surely, really learn your adverbs here
You're going need 'em if you read 'em
If you write or talk or think about 'em ... 
Lolly! (Lolly, Lolly, Lolly)

Announcer: If it's an adverb, we have it at Lolly's! 
Bring along your old adjectives, too 
like slow, soft, and sure 
We'll fit 'em out with our L-Y attachment 
and make perfectly good adverbs out of them!

(Get your adverbs here!) Lots of good tricks at Lolly's so come on down

(Lolly, Lolly, Lolly!)

Adverbs deal with manner, place, time

(Lolly, Lolly, Lolly!)

Condition, reason

(Father, son, and Lolly)

Comparison, contrast

(Lolly, Lolly, Lolly)

Enrich your language with adverbs!

(Lolly, Lolly, Lolly)

Besides, they're absolutely free!

(Lolly, Lolly, Lolly)

At your service!

Indubitably!