
TINY BLUE TRANSISTOR RADIO
(Bill Anderson)
'64 Moss Rose Publications
RECORDED BY CONNIE SMITH
(On the tiny blue transistor…
…radio)
He bought it for my birthday just one short year ago
This tiny blue transistor radio (radio radio)
We stayed up late…
…and listened to the music soft and low
On the tiny blue transistor radio
And the man at the radio station made the special dedication…

And all I've got is this
transistor radio
Tuned in to rockers(?)
Quarter bag and a quarter beer
And empty wallet…
…the winds blow
Down Columbus avenue
Whatcha gonna do when it's over?
Whatcha gonna do when it's through?
And all I've got is this
Transistor…
…radio
And all I've got is this
Transistor radio
And all I've got is this
Transistor radio
And all I've got is this
Transistor radio…

…(On the tiny blue transistor radio)
He bought it for my birthday just one short year ago
This tiny blue transistor radio (radio…
…radio)
We stayed out late and listened to the music soft and low
On the tiny blue transistor radio
And the man at the radio station…
To the tiny blue transistor radio
And now just one year later his love for me is gone
He's out tonight with his new love I know (I know I…

…the prince
And he went again to find his radio
(Magic transistor radio)
(Glowing magic transistor radio)
(Glowing magic transistor…
…radio)
As he made his way he could hear something once again
(Glowing magic transistor radio)
There was that transistor up on the same tree
Then from inside of it came a strange voice…

…
Down jumped the prince and he went again to find his radio.
(Magic transistor radio)
(Glowing magic transistor radio)
(Glowing magic…
…transistor radio)
(Glowing magic transistor radio)
spoken:
As he made his way, he could hear something once again…

I heard grandpa on my transistor radio,
Though he turned in his bones twenty years ago,
And he said, "Kid, theres something…
…in chapels and brothels, I met the nicest folks
I said, "I'm ready for what I'm about to see, Yup"
I heard grandpa on my transistor…
…to take my life away
I'm not ready and I don't want to see, Nope"
Its been years since I heard my transistor radio
Yet I keep going…

Listen to the sounds of her broken heart
Flowing from the transistor radio
This little device fits the palm of her hand
Built…
…to the sounds of her broken heart flowing from the transistor radio
Listen to the sounds of the transistor radio…

I heard grandpa on my transistor radio
Though he turned in his bones twenty years ago
And he said, "Kid, theres something…
…in chapels and brothels, I met the nicest folks
I said, "I'm ready for what I'm about to see, Yup"
I heard grandpa on my transistor radio…
…life away
I'm not ready and I don't want to see, Nope"
Its been years since I heard my transistor radio
Yet I keep going…

My baby's got a transistor radio
She takes it everywhere we go
She takes it when we go out a-walking
Even to a movie show
Well…
…have a wooden heart
I have a wooden head
I'd like to take her transistor radio
And throw it in the deep blue sea
I'm so jealous…
…of her transistor radio
'Cause it takes her mind off me
I said, Oh baby, please be mine
I want you for my own
Tell me, is your love…

I heard grandpa on my transistor radio
Though he turned in his bones twenty years ago
And he said, "Kid, theres something…
…in chapels and brothels, I met the nicest folks
I said, "I'm ready for what I'm about to see, Yup"
I heard grandpa on my transistor radio…
…life away
I'm not ready and I don't want to see, Nope"
Its been years since I heard my transistor radio
Yet I keep going…

I heard grandpa on my transistor radio
Though he turned in his bones twenty years ago
And he said, "Kid, theres something…
…in chapels and brothels, I met the nicest folks
I said, "I'm ready for what I'm about to see, Yup"
I heard grandpa on my transistor…
…; if they take my life away
I'm not ready and I don't want to see, Nope"
Its been years since I heard my transistor radio
Yet I keep going…

…jumped the prince
And he went again to find his radio
(Magic transistor radio)
(Glowing magic transistor radio)
(Glowing magic…
…transistor radio)
As he made his way he could hear something once again
(Glowing magic transistor radio)
There was that transistor up on the same tree
Then from inside of it came a strange voice…

…jumped the prince
And he went again to find his radio
(Magic transistor radio)
(Glowing magic transistor radio)
(Glowing magic…
…transistor radio)
As he made his way he could hear something once again
(Glowing magic transistor radio)
There was that transistor up on the same tree
Then from inside of it came a strange voice…

…of Christmas my true love gave to me
A Japanese transistor radio
C: On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me
S: Green polka…
…dot pajamas
C: And a Japanese transistor radio
S: It's a Nakashuma
C: On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me
S…
…: A calendar book with the name of my insurance man
C: Green polka dot pajamas and a Japanese transistor radio
S: It's the Mark 4 model…

…+The Twelve Gifts of Christmas
On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me
A Japanese transistor radio…
…
On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me
Green polka-dot pajamas,
And a Japanese transistor radio.
(It's…
…
And a Japanese transistor radio.
(It's the Mark IV model. That's the one that's discontinued.)
On the fourth day of Christmas, my true…