Song lyrics to He Never Looked Better In His Life, Written by Lester Lee and Bob Russell, Sung by the Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, and Villagers in Jack and the Beanstalk
Bud Abbott: He went clear through to China!
[Verse]
I wish the giant were alive
Alive this very minute
To look inside his grave and see
How lovely he looks in it
[Chorus]
He’s all laid out
Like a very good scout
And he never looked better in his life
We’re happy to
Give the devil his due
And he never looked better in his life
[Chorus 2]
We sing tra-la-la-la tra-la-la
Ah ha ha tra-la-la
He’s perpendicular-la-la
Tra-la-la-la-la
[Verse]
If he could only see himself
He wouldn’t know the monster
And if he knew him he would be
The only one who wants ta’
[Chorus]
He met his doom
He fall down and go “boom”
And he never looked better in his life
Some day by gosh
He’ll be acres of squash
And he never looked better in his life
[Chorus 2]
He fell on his vertebra-la-la
Ah ha ha tra-la-la
He’s perpendicular-la-la
Tra-la-la-la-la
[Verse]
Bud Abbott: He’s wearing several branches of the beanstalk for a neck-tie
Lou Costello: I never seen a better lookin’
Corpuscle delecti
[Chorus]
His toes are curled
And he’s out of this world
And he never looked better in his life
And there he lays
To the end of his days
And he never looked better in his life
[Chorus 2]
So tune up the arches tra-la-la
Ah ha ha tra-la-la
He’s perpendicular-la-la
Tra-la-la-la-la