Sammy Turner Lavender Blue
Delvikings Come Go with Me
Buddy Holly Bye Bye Love
Chantels Maybe
Barry Mann Who put the Bomp
Coasters Yakity Yak
Dale and Grace Leaving it all up to you
Rivingtons Pa Pa Oom Mow Mow
Elegants Little Star
Regents Runaround
the box tops - the letter
THE LETTER
The Box Tops
- written by Wayne Carson Thompson
- #1 hit for The Box Tops in 1967
- covered by The Arbors in 1969 (#20) and recorded live by Joe Cocker
with Leon Russell and The Shelter People (#7) in 1970.
- these lyrics are as recorded by The Box Tops
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
Ain't got time to take a fast train
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
My baby, just-a wrote me a letter
I don't care how much money I gotta spend
Got to get back to baby again
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
My baby, just-a wrote me a letter
Well, she wrote me a letter
Said she couldn't live without me no more
Listen mister, can't you see I got to get back
To my baby once-a more
Anyway, yeah!
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
Ain't got time to take a fast train
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
My baby, just-a wrote me a letter
Well, she wrote me a letter
Said she couldn't live without me no more
Listen mister, can't you see I got to get back
To my baby once-a more
Anyway, yeah!
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
Ain't got time to take a fast train
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
My baby, just-a wrote me a letter
My baby, just-a wrote me a letter
I heard The Box Tops do that live about 15 years ago.
When I think of "Oldies But Goodies" I think of arguably the first R&R song:"Delta 88" until the first Beatles song came out. From the age of 9-12 I was totally into R&R and Doo Wop
My love must be a kind of blind love
I can't see anyone but you...
shoowopdoowop
Papa Was a Rolling Stone
the temptations
It was the third of September.
That day I'll always remember, yes I will.
'Cause that was the day that my daddy died.
I never got a chance to see him.
Never heard nothing but bad things about him.
Mama, I'm depending on you to tell me the truth.
And Mama just hung her head and said,
"Son, Papa was a rolling stone.
Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died) All he left us was alone."
"Papa was a rolling stone, my son.
Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died) All he left us was alone."
Well, well
Hey Mama, is it true what they say,
that Papa never worked a day in his life?
And Mama, some bad talk going around town
saying that Papa had three outside children and another wife.
And that ain't right.
Hey, talk about Papa doing some store front preaching.
Talked about saving souls and all the time leeching.
Dealing in debt and stealing in the name of the Lord.
Mama just hung her head and said,
"Papa was a rolling stone, my son.
Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died) All he left us was alone."
"Hey, Papa was a rolling stone.
Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died) All he left us was alone."
Ugh
Hey Mama, I heard Papa called himself a jack of all trades.
Tell me is that what sent Papa to an early grave?
Folks say Papa would beg, borrow, steal to pay his bills.
Hey Mama, folks say that Papa was never much on thinking.
Spent most of his life chasing women and drinking.
Mama, I'm depending on you to tell me the truth.
And Mama looked up with a tear in her eye and said,
"Son, Papa was a rolling stone. (Well, well, well, well)
Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died) All he left us was alone, lone, lone, lone, alone."
"Papa was a rolling stone.
Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died) All he left us was alone."
"I said, Papa was a rolling stone. Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died) All he left us was alone."
Public television occasionally puts on a Doo-wop concert. It is fantastic, with many of the original musicians.
Yourhhh-
-driving me crazy oh my darling wherev'e you been
"Crazy for you"--Heartbeats
Speedo
Well, now they often call me Speedo but my real name is Mr. Earl [Earl,
Mr.Earl]
Well, now they often call me Speedo but my real name is Mr. Earl [Earl,
Mr.Earl]
And I'm just the kind fellow's always takin' other folks' girls [Girls,
taking their girls]
They often call me Speedo 'cause I don't believe in wastin' time [Time
(don't believe in) wastin' time]
They often call me Speedo but I don't believe in wastin' time [Time
(don't believe in) wastin' time]
I've known some pretty women and I've caused them to change their mind
[Mind, change their mind]
Some they call me Moe and some they call me Joe
But just remember Speedo, he don't never take it slow
Now they often call me Speedo but my real name is Mr. Earl [Earl, Mr.
EArl]
Well, I said it now
They often call me Speedo but my real name is Mr. Earl [Earl, Mr. Earl]
Now I'm just the kind fellow's always takin' other folks' girls [Taking
their girls]
They often call me Speedo 'cause I don't believe in wastin' time [Time
(I don't believe it) wastin' time]
They often call me Speedo but I don't believe in wastin' time [Time (I
don't believe it) wastin' time]
Now I've known some pretty women and I've caused them to change their
mind
Uuh, honey, here comes that old Mr. Earl again, honey
He's so fine!
Oh, get on away from here, girl. I ain't going to be bothered with you
tonight
He can get low down too, can get to be a low down son of a bitch
Don't you be holding on to me now, get away!
Hello, Mr. Earl!
Hey, you look good to me.
You too, baby.
What's your name ?
My name is Mary Lou
