Ticklish Reuben


"Ticklish Reuben" is a folk song written by Cal Stewart in 1900. Released on the Victor Label, the song is a prime example of the "laughing song" genre. Initially, the tune starts off normally, then descends into jolly, rhythmic laughing.

Lyrics as follows

Oh,

My name is Ticklish Reuben
From way down in old Vermont

And ev'rything seems ticklish to me

I've been tickled by a feather

I've been tickled by a wasp

I've been tickled by a yellow bumblebee

I have always got a tickled sort of way about my clothes

It doesn't really matter where I be

I am tickled in the morning and I'm tickled in the night

Something's always sure to tickle me

hah hah hah hah hah hah hah hah hah hah hah hah hah hah

hah hah hah hah hah hah hah hah hah hah
Once I put some pepper into Dad's snuffbox

And the way he acted was a sight to see

Well he coughed and he sneezed till I thought he'd have a fit

And then he took me out to tickle me

I was always getting tickled by someone about the house

So why they take to ticklin' I could never see

And the apple-butter paddle it is all in splinters now

Daddy wore it out a-ticklin' me