Sometimes you get a boo-boo and it hurts,
sometimes you get a boo-boo and it hurts,
and your mommy and your daddy* give you kisses,
and it helps,
and your mommy and your daddy give you kisses,
and it helps.

* mommy and mommy or daddy and daddy or names of any caring relatives can be substituted

Text Authorship:

• by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, "Sometimes You Get A Boo-Boo"

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

• by Lori Laitman (b. 1955), "Sometimes You Get A Boo-Boo", 2017 [ soprano and piano ], from Short Songs for Edward, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2025-09-15
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