Frowntown was a city, that was gloomy and grey
Where people wore frowns on their faces all day
No one was happy or laughed out loud
Every day in the sky was a dark, grey cloud
At the start of each day everyone dragged out of bed
Without a “good morning” or anything said
They ate toast without butter and stale, old gruel
Then waddled to off to work, the kids off to school
All the adults thought work was tiresome and boring
And the children got through school by sleeping and snoring
When everyone got home they went right to the couch
To watch their favorite TV show, Frown Clown the Grouch
When the sun set at the end of the day
Nobody knew because the sky was so grey
They just got ready for bed and laid on down
And closed their big eyes above a great big frown
But then one day it happened, something totally new
It was such a surprise, folks didn’t know what they should do
A man with a smile came walking on through
Whistling a song Hum-dittly-dum-ditty-doo.
He was happy, and friendly, and bright as can be
And stopped in the middle of town to make this decree:
“Frowntown is a fine place. I like it a lot.
I reckon I’ll build a house in this very spot!”
So he gathered some hammers, nails, and wood
And built his house on the spot where he stood.
But the folks in Frowntown were not sure of this fellow
They dressed in black, and he dressed in yellow.
He baked cookies and brownies and anything sweet
And gave them away for everyone to eat
He was cheerful and nice, happy and fun
And he acted this way towards every last one
But most shocking of all was his great big smile
Which seemed to go on for mile upon mile
Some even said it shined like a light
Making grey Frowntown a little more bright
For the first little while the folks all stayed away
From the odd, happy man who smiled all day
But the light in his smile was appealing to some
Who were tired of living in the gluck and the glum
So they asked the man if he would teach them to grin
And help them undo the frown they were in
“It’s easy,” he said with a twinkle in his eye
“Just show me your teeth and lift your cheeks to the sky.”
It was tricky at first, to the folks with a frown
For their cheeks to go up, when they usually went down
But after some practice and help from their thumbs
They were smiling all the way up to their gums.
And so for the first time in a very long while
Some folks in Frowntown learned how to smile.
And just like the man whose smile gave off light
Their smiles, too, made Frowntown more bright
Then something happened, something totally outrageous
The light from their smiles became highly contagious
And spread throughout Frowntown just like an infection
Completely transforming peoples’ facial complexion
Soon Frowntown was filled with laughter and singing
People all playing, dancing and swinging.
The greyness and clouds that made life quite bland
Turned to bright colors in the sky and on land.
So Frowntown became quite a colorful place
Where smiles could be found on everyone’s face
All because a man came walking on through
Whistling a song, hum dittily dum ditty doo.
