Three Cheers for Anything

"Three Cheers for Anything" is a deleted song from the animated feature Pinocchio.

The song was to have been performed by Lampwick, Pinocchio and other boys as they traveled aboard the coach bound for Pleasure Island, openly celebrating bad behavior and discussing what they plan to do once they get there.

The song would end up being cut in order to streamline the story, and because Frankie Darro, the voice of Lampwick, couldn't sing very well. Despite the cut, the song was sold and advertised to the public upon the film's release, and a couple of snippets of the song's melody can be heard in the underscore as Pinocchio and Lampwick converse on the coach.

Lyrics
Down with schoolrooms! Down with books! Down with teacher's dirty looks! That's the way we feel today, that's why we smile For we know we're on our way to Pleasure Isle

Three cheers for anything Anything and everything For rolling a hoop, or blowing your soup Or anything else as crazy

Three cheers for anything Absolutely anything A bottle of pop, or spinning a top Or throwing an egg in a fan

Hippety-hip-hooray For anything you say The way that we feel today We'd even cheer for spinach

Three cheers for anything Anything and everything For penny arcades and circus parades For pink lemonades in several shades In fact, three cheers for anything

(instrumental break)

Three cheers for anything Anything and everything Whatever it is, as long as it is Another good reason for laughter

Three cheers for anything Absolutely anything For strawberry pie, or swatting a fly Or giving a whoop and a yell

Hippety-hip-hooray For anything you say We're gonna eat today With elbows on the table

Three cheers for anything Anything and anything For catching a fish, or flying a kite For having a swim, or having a fight In fact, three cheers for anything

Trivia

 * One story idea for the deleted sequence had Pinocchio chime in with the only lyric he knew: "Let your conscience be your guide!". The other boys, believing the remark to be sarcasm, would have broken into uproarious laughter and lauded Pinocchio for his comedy.