When you're hungry and you're brittle And there's little on the griddle It'll whittle out your middle in time So you take out your fiddle And you twiddle up a diddle And sing a little riddle and rhyme Little riddle and rhyme for your time on the trail Little riddle and rhyme for your ride on the rail Little riddle and rhyme for a tellin' your tale A little riddle and rhyme When you peddle for some metal And you settle on a kettle That'll level and dishevel your dime Then leave the nettle for the rebel And that rebel for the devil And just bring a little pebble and pine When you're sittin' on a thistle And you're sizzlin' some gristle This'll turn your little drizzle to shine Have a sarsaparizzle fizzle Kiss a little in the bristle And take little whistle'n time