Peak Position on Billboard Hot 100:
96
Weeks on Billboard Hot 100 Chart:
2
Songwriter: Jack Clement
Lyrics
Everybody loves a nut the whole world loves a weirdo
Brains are in a rut but everybody loves a nut
There was a hermit named Fred who kept the dead horse in his cave
And everyone said to Fred
Fred how come you keep a dead horse in your cave and he said well
Chorus
A Columbia man named Frank had a tiger named Hank
He tried to put Hank in his tank guess what happened to ol’ Frank
When they picked up the teeth, hair and eyeballs
And erected a tombstone that read
Chorus
Another Columbia fella told queen Isabella
I don’t think the world is flat now what do you think about that
And she said you don’t and he said no ma’m
And she said he’d get out of my queendom and he said yes ma’m
Chorus (2x)