( Chip, chip chip! . . . ) Oh, once on a tree-top tall a little bird sang out the sweetest song I ever heard! Chee Chee-Oo Chee it sang to me so merrily Chee Chee-Oo Chee the little birdie on a tree Life's such a lovely thing, it seemed to say if you will only sing your cares away! Chee Chee-Oo Chee so merrily you went along Chee Chee-Oo Chee so happily his little song! And so . . . Chee Chee-Oo Chee . . . I sing . . . Chee Chee-Oo Chee Chee Chee-Oo Chee this happy, happy little thing! If you . . . Chee Chee-Oo Chee . . . feel blue . . . Chee Chee-Oo Chee Sing Chee-Oo Chee and you can be as happy too! Life's such a lovely thing, it seemed to say Chee Chee-Oo Chee, Oo Chee Oo Chee! if you will only sing your cares away! Chee Chee-Oo Chee, Oo Chee Oo Chee! And so . . . Chee Chee-Oo Chee . . . I sing . . . Chee Chee-Oo Chee Chee Chee-Oo Chee this happy, happy little thing! If you . . . Chee Chee-Oo Chee . . . feel blue . . . Chee Chee-Oo Chee Sing Chee-Oo Chee and you can be as happy too! Sing Chee-Oo Chee and you can be as happy too! Sing Chee-Oo Chee and you can be as happy too! Music by Saverio Seracini with English lyrics by John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons, 1955 Original Italian lyrics by Ettore Minoretti