slam etc.

Hello, hello baby, want a kiss?
Hello, hello baby, want a kiss?

“Teaching Your Parakeet to Talk”
A 45 rpm record.
Just send one dollar
And 3 labels from Hartz Mountain Parakeet Treat.
And play it over...
and over...
and over...
and over...

Hello, hello baby, want a kiss?
Hello, hello baby, want a kiss?

We stuck the record player
Right by Pretty Boy’s cage.
He never did get it though.
Never squawked anything resembling:

Hello, hello baby, want a kiss?
Hello, hello baby, want a kiss?

Just pecked at his seed bell
And his Hartz Mountain Parakeet Treat
and hopped to the perch
While the record played over...
and over...
and over...
and over...

Hello, hello baby, want a kiss?
Hello, hello baby, want a kiss?

On the flip side was a real bird.
A recording of a real live bird!
A bird obviously having more intelligence than our Pretty Boy.
This bird could say it over...
and over...
and over...
and over...

Hello, hello baby, want a kiss?
Hello, hello baby, want a kiss?

When we played the flip side
Pretty Boy would go crazy!
Jump,
And fly,
And squawk,
Crash into the bars.
Trying to get to that intelligent bird on the record
Who could recite over...
and over...
and over...
and over...

Hello, hello baby, want a kiss?
Hello, hello baby, want a kiss?


Who knows where the record is anymore...?
And Pretty Boy is long gone.
...But to this day,
My parents,
My brothers,
My sisters,
Even my cousins
(Who often visited)
---The whole family---
Can laugh,
And recall,
And recite over...
and over....
and over...
and over...

Hello, hello baby, want a kiss?
Hello, hello baby, want a kiss?