Burl Ives - The ugly bug ball

^GOnce a ^D7lonely caterpillar sat and cried To a ^Gsympathetic beetle by his side I've got no^D7body to hug I'm such an ^Gug-i-ly bug ^GThen a ^D7spider and a dragonfly replied If you're ^Gserious and want to win a ^Embride Come along with us,^G to the glorious ^D7annual ugly bug ^Gball

^GCome on let's ^Ccrawl (gotta crawl gotta crawl) To the ugly bug ^Gball (to the ball to the ball) And a happy time we'll ^Chave there, ^Done and ^Gall and the ^Cugly bug ^Gball

^GWhile the ^D7crickets click their cricky melodies All the ^Gants were fancy dancing with the fleas Then up from ^D7under the ground The worms came ^Gsquirming around ^GOh they ^D7danced until their legs were nearly lame Every ^Glittle crawling creature you could ^Emname Everyone was glad, ^G What a time they had ^D7They were so happy they ^Gcame

^GThen our ^D7caterpillar saw a pretty queen She was ^Gbeautiful and yellow black and green He said would ^D7you care to dance Their dancing ^Glead to romance ^GThen she ^D7sat upon his caterpillar knee And he ^Ggave his caterpillar queen a ^Emsqueeze Soon they'll honeymoon,^G Build a big cocoon ^D7Thanks to the ugly bug ^Gball