I was sitting on a fencepost slapping on my left knee, chewing on my bubble gum, chomp, chomp, chomp, chomp
Playing with my yo-yo, do op, do op, do op do op
And watching the birds fly by.

And then along came Herman the Worm
And he was this big.
I asked

Herman, what happened
And he said
I swallowed one grape


I was sittin' on a fencepost slapping on my left knee, chewing on my bubble gum, chomp, chomp, chomp, chomp
Playing with my yo-yo, do op, do op, do op do op

And watching the birds fly by.
And then along came Herman the Worm
And he was this big.

I asked
Herman, what happened
And he said

I swallowed two apples

I was sittin' on a fencepost slapping on my left knee, chewing on my bubble gum, chomp, chomp, chomp, chomp

Playing with my yo-yo, do op, do op, do op do op
And watching the birds fly by.
And then along came Herman the Worm

And he was this big.
I asked
Herman, what happened

And he said
I swallowed three grapefruits


I was sitting on a fencepost slapping on my left knee, chewing on my bubble gum, chomp, chomp, chomp, chomp
Playing with my yo-yo, do op, do op, do op do op
And watching the birds fly by.

And then along came Herman the Worm
And he was this big.
I asked

Herman, what happened
And he said
I swallowed four cantaloupes


I was sittin' on a fencepost slapping on my left knee, chewing on my bubble gum, chomp, chomp, chomp, chomp
Playing with my yo-yo, do op, do op, do op do op

And watching the birds fly by.
And then along came Herman the Worm
And he was this big.

I asked
Herman, what happened
And he said

I swallowed five watermelons

I was sittin' on a fencepost slapping on my left knee, chewing on my bubble gum, chomp, chomp, chomp, chomp

Playing with my yo-yo, do op, do op, do op do op
And watching the birds fly by.
And then along came Herman the Worm

And he was this big.
I asked
Herman, what happened

And he said
I burped