Lyrics Three Wheels On My Wagon - Burt Bacharach, Dick Van Dyke

Three Wheels On My Wagon

Three wheels on my wagon
And I’m still rolling along —
The Cherokees are chasing me
Arrows fly
Right on by
But I’m singing a happy song!
I’m singing a higgity, haggity, hoggety, high
Pioneers, they never say die!
A mile up the road there’s a hidden cave
And we can watch those Cherokees
Go galloping by!
Spoken:
«George, they’re catching up to us!»
«Get back in the wagon woman!»
Two wheels on my wagon
And I’m still rolling along —
Them Cherokees are after me
Flaming spears
Burn my ears
But I’m singing a happy song!
I’m singing a higgity, haggity hoggety, high
Pioneers, they never say die!
Half a mile up the road there’s a hidden cave
And we can watch those Cherokees
Go galloping by!
Spoken:
«Duh, Paw?
Are you sure this is the right road?»
«Will you hush up?
You and your maps!»
One wheel on my wagon
And I’m still rolling along —
Them Cherokees after me
I’m all in flames
At the reins
But I’m singing a happy song!
I’m singing a higgity, haggity hoggety, high
Pioneers, they never say die!
Right around that turn there’s a hidden cave
And we can watch those Cherokees
Go galloping by!
Spoken:
«George?
Should I get the bag of beads and trinkets?»
«Woman, I know what I’m doing!»
No wheels on my wagon
So I’m not rolling along —
The Cherokees captured me
They look mad
Things look bad
But I’m singing a happy song!
Spoken:
«C'mon all you Cherokees, sing along with me!»
Higgity, haggity hoggety, high
Pioneers, they never say die!
Higgity, haggity hoggety, high
Pioneers, they never say die!