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Bo Diddley Lyrics
Bo diddley bought his babe a diamond ring,
If that diamond ring don’t shine,
He gonna take it to a private eye,
If that private eye can’t see
He’d better not take the ring from me.
Bo diddley caught a nanny goat,
To make his pretty baby a sunday coat,
Bo diddley caught a bear cat,
To make his pretty baby a sunday hat.
Mojo come to my house, ya black cat bone,
Take my baby away from home,
Ugly ole mojo, where ya bin,
Up your house, and gone again.
Bo diddley, bo diddley have you heard?
My pretty baby said she wasn’t for it.
If that diamond ring don’t shine,
He gonna take it to a private eye,
If that private eye can’t see
He’d better not take the ring from me.
To make his pretty baby a sunday coat,
Bo diddley caught a bear cat,
To make his pretty baby a sunday hat.
Take my baby away from home,
Ugly ole mojo, where ya bin,
Up your house, and gone again.
My pretty baby said she wasn’t for it.
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Wow, well done, Ocean Soul. Bo Diddley was Ellas McDaniel's stage name.
Great song. One of the most important rhythms in Rock n' Roll history. That rhythm was stolen and used for "Born to Hand Jive" from Grease, The Who's "Magic Bus," Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away," Springsteen's "She's the One," U2's Desire, and even KT Tunstall's 2005 hit "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree." Diddley always wanted (and tried) to reap royalties from it, but never did.
Written by Ellas McDaniel in 1955
One of the first rock and roll songs, and it's got an infectious beat even today.
love ittttt.
Slugkid: one of the first (if not the first) Bo Diddley’s “hambone” rhythm’s plagiarizations was “Willie and the Hand Jive” by Johnny Otis-that’s the inspiration behind the Grease tune you mentioned.
Also, the last verse here is wrong and it really goes like this: My pretty baby said she’s a bird.