That should teach me to stick to Little Red Riding Hood or the Gingerbread Boy.
"The Gingerbread Man" (sometimes, "The Gingerbread Boy") is an American fairy tale.
Mr. Heath has composed a handful of jazz standards, from "C.T.A." to "Gingerbread Boy," with a firm mathematical structure, logical and straightforward.
"The Gingerbread Boy," Kenneth Graham's "Wind in the Willows," Lewis Carroll, Jack London.
(Ages 4 and up) An amusing and cleverly illustrated Passover variation on the Gingerbread Boy.
"Gingerbread Boy" and "Footprints" were played much more frequently.
"Gingerbread Boy" was played as late as the summer of 1969; "Footprints" appears on unofficial live recordings from the Fillmore West in April 1970.
Early live versions of "Gingerbread Boy" (from the spring and summer of 1966) retained the melody of Heath's original version.
It's a sweet variation, combining the Gingerbread Boy and the Velveteen Rabbit.
The title is an allusion to the fairy tale "The Gingerbread Boy" (also known as "The Gingerbread Man").