Jeannie C Riley Part Of Honey Lyrics

Part Of Honey Lyrics

The teacher said it's time to think about the annual fate



To be put on that scene sponsored by the PTA



Most of you have seen the script and now the question is



Who would like to play the part of honey



The part calls for a lady who was beauty wit and charm



Who falls in love with Jerry Walsh of Merry Meadow Farm



In the end they marry and go off to see the world



Now who would like to play the part of honey



[ harmonica ]



The hand of Sally Jordon slowly raised into the air



Other members of the class all turned around to stare



For Sally Jordon was a poor girl it was plain to see



She could never play the part of honey



The teacher just pretended that she didn't see a hand



Instead she picked the daughter of a very wealthy man



Poor and pretty Sally sat there holdin' back her tears



She wanted so to play the part of honey



[ harmonica ]



The play went off without her and as graduation came



Sally Jordon went away and they forgot her name



But Sally Jordon never did forget the high school play



She didn't get to play the part of honey



One day there was news about a movie in the town



People came to see it for a hundred miles around



For there was someone in it that the population knew



Sally Jordon played the part of honey



Perhaps the moral of the story's neighter here nor there



For beauty is as beauty does and wit and charm are airs



When all has been considered it's difficult to tell



Just who it is that fits the part of honey