Well, a strange thing happened the other night
you wonand't believe it, but i swear itand's true
harry the hairy ape made his escape from the city zoo
and under cover of darkness he made his way
to the middle of the municipal park
and he hid in the bushes and waited for somebody to come
walkinand' along by hiand'self in the dark
then along come somebody not suspectinand' nothinand'
harry jump out of the bushes all of a sudden
beat on his chest (sound effect of this action)
jump up and down and he say:
wooo-hoo-hee-hee-hoo-hoo...
which is harry-ape talk for andquot;boo, i betcha i scared you, ha ha!andquot;
Waaa! scared that poor cat so bad his eyes bugged out, his hair turned white!
he ran off through the municipal park, screaminand', hollerinand', digginand' up the lawn,
tearinand' up the shrub and knock down the andquot;keep off the grassandquot; sign, run through the
hurricane fence, fell into the municipal park swimming pool and drowned hiand'self! woo
hoo!
Well, harry thought this was the funniest thing that he had ever seen
and he laughed andquot;ha ha,andquot; jumped back in the bushes and got ready to do it again
the next guy to come along was the near-sighted local dj
just boppinand' down the sidewalk on his way to work with a box of records on his arm
that he was gonna play
so here he come, not suspectinand' nothinand'
harry jump out of the bushes all of a sudden
beat on his chest (sound effect of this action)
jump up and down and he say:
wooo-hoo-hee-hee-hoo-hoo...
which is harry-ape talk for andquot;smile, youand're on candid camera!andquot;
Man, that dj was so near-sighted he thought harry was a rock and'nand' roll singer!
so he gave him the old glad hand, smiled, slapped him on the back, sayinand',
andquot;donand't worry, baby, iand'm gonna play the record and'cause youand're too cool, too cool, too
cool!andquot; and he said bye, bopped on off down the sidewalk; every 4 or 5 steps heand'd stop and
turn around,
doinand' a little boogaloo-shing-a-ling!
well, this really shook harry up, i mean it blew his whole bit, you know, ruined his
whole day so he run back to his cage as fast as he can go, jump up on his little swing,
put both hands
over his eyes and didnand't look for 3 hours and 45 minutes. but thatand's not the end of the
story
hereand's what happened:
The dj played harryand's record (what record?) shut up!
it was a hit and he became a star
got him some tight britches, got him a manager
went on a promotion tour, combed his hair back and took up playinand' the guitar
and every sunday afternoon you can go see harry at the zoo
and the girls will scream and heand'll sit on his swing and pick and sing his hit record for you
(backing vocals over ape noises):
(shoo-be-doo-wa-shoo-be-doo wa, shoo-be-doo wa-shoo-be-doo wa
(shoo-be-doo-wa-shoo-be-doo wa, shoo-be-doo-be-doo-wah)
