There was an old woman who baked every day
She made gingerbread men, piled them high on a tray
She put some in the oven, and something went wrong
When she opened up the door, one jumped out and sang this song
Chorus:
He said run run run as fast as you can, you can’t catch me I’m the Gingerbread Man (x2)
He ran through the kitchen and out the front door
Past the old man in the garden who was doing his chores
The old man hollered Stop! You’re my lunch! You come back!
But the Gingerbread Man would be nobody’s snack
Well he ran through the woods past some picnicking bears
He smelled so scrumptious he just had to be theirs
They got up to chase him ’cause he smelled so good and sweet
But the Gingerbread Man would be nobody’s treat
Well he ran past a cow grazing in the hay
The old cow said “don’t let him get away!”
But the old cow was too slow to get up on that trail
And anybody listening could hear that cookie wail
Well he ran past some mowers busy at their work
They said “Did a cookie run by? Are we going berserk?”
They put down their mowers to follow his sweet scent
And anybody listening could hear him as he went
Well he ran over mountains and valleys and rocks
Til he came to a river and a hungry fox
The fox was so sly, he devised a wicked plan
For the crunchy demise of the Gingerbread Man
He said do you need some help to get to the other side?
Hop on my back, I will take you for a ride
So he hopped onto his back, onto his neck, onto his nose
The fox slipped him in his mouth and that’s the way our story goes
Bridge:
All of the others gathered round to get a crumb
And anybody listening could hear his tummy hum
(Chorus hummed then regular)