Tiptoe Through the Tulips

Tip Toe Through the Tulips
by Joe Burke (music) & Al Dubin (lyrics)
Original Cover for the 1929 Sheet Music to "Tip Toe Through The Tulips"
GenrePopular song from the 1929 film Gold Diggers of Broadway
PublisherM. Witmark & Sons (New York)

"Tiptoe Through the Tulips", also known as "Tiptoe Thru' the Tulips with Me", is a popular song published in 1929. The song was written by Al Dubin (lyrics) and Joe Burke and made popular by guitarist Nick Lucas. On February 5, 1968, singer Tiny Tim made the song a novelty hit[1] by singing it on the popular American television show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.[2][3]

  1. ^ The New York Times. "Tiny Tim Singer Dies at 64". William Grimes. December 2, 1996.
  2. ^ LA Times. "Behind the Laughter at 'Laugh-in'". Susan King. March 7, 2011.
  3. ^ The New York Times. "A Little Bit of a Bad Thing Can Be Good". Neil Genzlinger. January 31, 2007.