Why Andy Was Devine

As big as all outdoors – that was Andy Devine, With a huge, toothy grin that just lit up the screen And made our sad ol’ black and white world really fine— It just wouldn’t have been the same if he’d been lean! He never got top bill – he always made the rounds, Playin’ second fiddle to all the cowboy stars. It was all right he weighed almost four-hundred pounds— Made it funnier when he waddled in those bars! That squeaky, scratchy voice made our hair stand on end, As we all looked around to see where it came from, Though he seemed a dough boy, you knew he was a friend, ‘Cause he made you laugh and you knew he wasn’t dumb. When they made him he was so big they broke the mold— It will be many years before we see his kind— But there’s many a horse now whose back does not fold ‘Cause Andy’s not there to put the hurt on their spine! And though it seems we always laugh at the fat man, There was much more to that good ol’ Andy Devine— He made us see ourselves as became his fan— It’s not how he looked – in the end, it’s what we find.