A-tisket A-tasket Lyrics - Singles - Fitzgerald Ella

[words and music by Ella Fitzgerald and Van Alexander] 

A-tisket a-tasket 

A green-and-yellow basket 

I bought a basket for my mommie 

On the way I dropped it 

I dropped it, I dropped it 

Yes, on the way I dropped it 

A little girlie picked it up 

And took it to the market 

She was truckin' on down the avenue 

Without a single thing to do 

She was peck, peck, peckin' all around 

When she spied it on the ground 

A-tisket a-tasket 

She took my yellow basket 

And if she doesn't bring it back 

I think that I shall die 

(Was it red?) No, no, no, no 

(Was it brown?) No, no, no, no 

(Was it blue?) No, no, no, no 

Just a little yellow basket