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Shoo Doop and Shoo Be Waa
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Shoo doop and shoo be waa. Hip tunes
by the hip cats wanna make you take
this stroll down me~mo~ree lane.
Wa~~wa wa wa waaa~~ah!
Dwight D. Eisenhower was president.
Born of the be-bop generation, Dick Clark
grew up on The Five Satins, the original
Drifters, and the cross-over Skyliners of
Doo Wopdom. Memory lane is a long walk best taken
under the boardwalk in the still of the night.
Shoo doop and shoo be waaa. Wa~wa~wa~waaa~ah!
Doo wop shoo waa. Doo wop shoo waa
made it impossible to be tossin’ and turnin’
all night kickin’ blankets to the floor.
I was one of two silhouettes on the shade.
Doo wop shoo wop. Hip Hop is a reference to
Doo wop shoo waaaa.
In the still of the Satin night.
Shoo be doo~~wop shoo be dooooo.
Lead singer Parrish caused the night to be still.
The song was made while we dreamed
of one day doin’ the hand jive and the twist
and the waaa~wa~a~wa~toosi.
I guess it’s because there was
a moon out tonight and he had a glow
in his heart that he wrote and sang
Shoo doop and shoo be woe. Shoo be doop
doop doop be waaaa, in the still of the night.
Doo wop shoo wop. Doo wop shoo ooooo~~~ooooh,
We strolled along together and that
was when you taught me to love you like this.
Oooooh~~~~~shoo doo and shoo be doo,
shoo doo and shoo be doo.
In the still of the night.
Doo wop shoo waa. Doo wop shoo waa.
The stars were bright above
to keep
our pre
cious looooooooove
When we walk all night, I will hold you
with all of my might, Cause I love you so,
I will never let you go
in the still of the night
echoed in a 1955 church basement.
They don’t write ‘em like that today, baby!
And that’s sayin’ a bunch!
Shoo doo and shoo be doo.
Shoo doo and shoo be doo.
Shoo be doo doot doo be doo.
Doo be doot doot doo be waaa.
The tempo was stroll slow but I
preferred the bop. You said,
dance with me at the sock hop,
in ma poodle skirt of grey felt
white and pink and black , allusions
young people can’t dig. I’m hip,
you read me? Everything was
copestethetic. Doo doot doo doot doo.
(there she goes) Doo doot doo doot doo.
Do doot do doot waa.
Waaaaaaa~~~~~Aaaa~~~~A~ah.
It wasn’t genuine doo wop if there
were no violins in the middle
or at the end. We sang, There goes
ma baby. Where is ma baby?
There she goes. Doo doot do doot.
Doo doot do doot.
Doo wop shoo wop, ma baby said, Hello stranger.
Barbara Lewis sang the greeting a decade
later, but we knew doo wop when we heard
Doo wop shoo wop, ma baby. After that,
you had to hold me closer, closer and closer. And
maybe we’ll be lovers when the music ends.
Darlin’ won’t cha please. Do wop shoo wop.
Shoo doo and shoo be doo~~~this is where
the name for the cartoon dog
came from, young blood. Scoo Be Doo is a
Doo Wop dog, dig? We were either
makin’ love under the boardwalk or it
was peaceful as could be up on the roof,
but it wasn’t doo wop if we didn’t sing,
shoo doo and shoo be doo.
Shoo doo and shoo be doo.
In the still of the night.
Doo wop shoo wop there’s a moon out
tooooo
niiiiii iiight,
held us still and tight. Do waa, doo wa,
dooo wa, do waa. We must stop and ask
why do fools fall in love and why do birds sing?
I guess it’s because someone is in the studio
crooning~~~There’s a moon out tonight.
Wa ah ah oooh.
Waaaaaaa~~~~~Aaaa~~~~A~ah.
Wop baba loo bop and bop bam boom
was late, but doo wop right. We thought
doo wop was like rock and roll, here to stay.
But in the still of the night you held me
with all of your might. It took all Five Satins
to make us fall in love. You said, don’t go,
please stay. The movie wasn’t so hot,
it’s four o’clock and we’re in trouble deep.
Smoke gets in your eyes meant the good
kinda tears. Na na na na na na late at night,
he’ll sit and count his tears. Shoo doo
and shoo be doo.
Shoo doo and shoo be doo.
This moment was magic when we drifted
in and out of the moon light. Doo wop shoo wop
in neon night bright lights we drifted.
Doo wop shoo wa. Doo wop shoo waa ah.
Woe, woooo oh ohoooooo.
In the still ooof the ni ~~~~iiiiii~~~~ight.
Shoo be doop
doop doop be
waaaa.
.
Lady A
08-15-12
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