Howdy Doody Love

Howdy Doody Love

The lad was such a happy soul

He had not a care

Someone always pulled his string

To make him dance 

To make him sing 

On this stage of love we share

You are the puppet master

And I am just your funny hunny

Your private toy

A chummy dummy

Questions make my hard head spin

Straight in your direction

And with a grin from ear to ear

I always answer 

“Yes! My Dear”

You the passions puppeteer 

My emotions you command 

neglect begins the heartstring’s rot

This block of wood

Mere carver’s knot 

No heart beats in this clapboard chest

An inanimate pile of rags

Until is felt your touch again 

Returns to life

This manikin 

Absence makes these sawdust brains

Dream only wooden dreams 

Of Buffalo Bob and Phineas**

Dilly Dally 

And Summer Princess

Friends to keep the company

Of this lonely lifeless doll

Cornelius Cobb and Thunderthud

Inspector Fadoozle 

And Flub-a-dub

 

But my imaginary acquaintances 

Can’t take the place of you

So “don” your magic Bob Smith glove 

Rejuvenate this marionette

With your Howdy Doody Love

John Snelling

06:16:19

#52

** Characters

• Phineas T. Bluster: The resident skinflint, mayor of Doodyville and nemesis of Howdy; one of the Bluster triplets.

• Princess SummerFallWinterSpring: Introduced as a puppet, then played by actress Judy Tyler, who had appeared opposite Elvis Presley in the 1957 film Jailhouse Rock. After she was killed in a car accident on July 3, 1957, at the age of 24, the character was portrayed by a marionette.
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• Dilly Dally: Howdy's naive boyhood friend.
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• Chief Thunderthud and Chief Featherman: Two of several Native American characters used to emphasize the show's western theme.

• J. Cornelius Cobb: The shopkeeper played by Nick Nicholson, who had a strong dislike for clowns.

• Inspector John J. Fadoozle: "America's No. 1 private eye" whose character was revealed as the mysterious "Mr. X" who used the pseudonym to run against Howdy for the office of President of All the Boys and Girls of America; children could vote by using ballots that were attached to the wrappers of loaves of Wonder Bread, a major sponsor of the show.
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• Howdy Doody himself was a freckle-faced boy marionette with 48 freckles, one for each state of the union at the time of his creation (up until January 3, 1959, when Alaska became the 49th state), and originally was voiced by “Buffalo Bob “ Smith