These Foolish Things (Parody) Songtext
von Frank Sinatra

- How do you say P-R-O-B-O-S-C-I-S?
- Proboscis
- Proboscis?
- Yeah, rhymes with colossus
- Okay
- Elephant′s proboscis
- Your brother's


Each time I see an elephant′s proboscis
Or James Durante that all knows colossus
An eagle's beaks on wings
These foolish things remind me of you
Each time I see a straw that someone is sipping
Or an umbrella that's all wet and ripping
And when a sparrow sings
These foolish things remind me of you

I′m thin, so thin
What can I do?
I′m sure that you could use the weight that thing can't seem to lose
Each time I see an egg that ain′t been hatched yet
Each time I see an mat that ain't been scratched yet
The hair that once was beings
These foolish things remind me of you

- There it goes one of the big man on this country, yes sir