Mrs. Perloff Lyrics

A little woman not five foot tall and fifty some years old

Was working in her new front yard

Before all autumns cold

Children playing after schoolcame chasing a stray ball

And ended up digging earthworms

With her until the nightfall

Wasn't her husband surprised

When the doorbell rang the very next day

And a crowd of children called to him

"Can Mrs Perloff come out and play?"

She taught them how to make

Hollyhock dolls

And firefly lanterns too

How to know the birds

Recognize their calls

And where mulberrys grew

And all through the very next summer

They were there most every day

From the curbside they would call

Can Mrs Perloff come out and play?

Those children hardly realized

That little lady wasn't one of them

She may have become their teacher

But first she was their friend

There are children playing on the

Streets of every town

Some have come from broken homes

Many have been let down

Do they pass by your from door

As they go along their way

Calling out so hopefully

Can Mrs Perloff come out

Can someone in there please come out

Can Mrs Perloff come out and play?