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Barbara Ann Lyrics
Ah, ba ba ba ba Barbara Ann
Ba ba ba ba Barbara Ann
Oh Barbara Ann, take my hand
Barbara Ann
You got me rockin' and a-rollin'
Rockin' and a-reelin'
Barbara Ann ba ba
Ba Barbara Ann
Went to a dance, lookin' for romance
Saw Barbara Ann, so I thought I'd take a chance
With Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann
Take my hand
You got me rockin' and a-rollin'
(Oh! Oh!)
Rockin' and a-reelin'
Barbara Ann ba ba
Ba ba ba ba black sheep
Ba ba ba ba Barbara Ann
Ba ba ba ba Barbara Ann
Barbara Ann, take my hand
Barbara Ann
You got me rockin' and a-rollin'
Rockin' and a-reelin'
Barbara Ann ba ba
Ba Barbara Ann
(Let's go now!)
(Ow!)
([...])
([...], Carl.)
(Hal, and his famous ashtray!)
([...])
(You smell like Rocky. You're always scratchin' it.)
(Hey, come on!)
(Scratch it, Carl, scratch it, baby, right over there.
Down a little lower. Down a little lower!)
(Saw-- Tried--)
Tried Peggy Sue
Tried Betty Lou
Tried Mary Lou
But I knew she wouldn't do
Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann
Take my hand
Barbara Ann
Take my hand
You got me rockin' and a-rollin'
Rockin' and a-reelin'
Barbara Ann ba ba
Ba Barbara Ann
Ba ba ba ba Barbara Ann
Ba ba ba ba Barbara Ann
Barbara Ann
Take my hand
Barbara Ann
You got me rockin' and a-rollin'
Rockin' and a-reelin'
Barbara Ann ba ba
Ba Barbara Ann
Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann
Oh, Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann
Yeah, Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann
Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann
You got me rockin' and a-rollin'
Rockin' and a-reelin'
Barbara Ann ba ba
Ba Barbara Ann
(Let's try that again. One more.)
You got me rockin' and a-rollin'
Rockin' and a-reelin'
Barbara Ann ba ba
Ba Barbara Ann
(Ha ha. Let's try it one more time.)
You got me rockin' and a-rollin'
Rockin' and a-reelin'
Barbara Ann ba ba
Ba Barbara Ann
(Let's try it once more.)
(One more time. More artistic flavor.)
One more time
You got me rockin' and a-rollin'
Barbara Ann
Woah
You got me rockin'
You got me rollin'
Oh, Barbara Ann
(Thank you very much, folks.)
(Thanks, Dean.)
(Yeah, it's not bad.)
Ba ba ba ba Barbara Ann
Barbara Ann
You got me rockin' and a-rollin'
Rockin' and a-reelin'
Barbara Ann ba ba
Ba Barbara Ann
Saw Barbara Ann, so I thought I'd take a chance
With Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann
Take my hand
You got me rockin' and a-rollin'
(Oh! Oh!)
Rockin' and a-reelin'
Barbara Ann ba ba
Ba ba ba ba black sheep
Ba ba ba ba Barbara Ann
Barbara Ann
You got me rockin' and a-rollin'
Rockin' and a-reelin'
Barbara Ann ba ba
Ba Barbara Ann
(Ow!)
([...])
([...], Carl.)
(Hal, and his famous ashtray!)
([...])
(You smell like Rocky. You're always scratchin' it.)
(Hey, come on!)
(Scratch it, Carl, scratch it, baby, right over there.
Down a little lower. Down a little lower!)
(Saw-- Tried--)
Tried Betty Lou
Tried Mary Lou
But I knew she wouldn't do
Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann
Take my hand
Barbara Ann
Take my hand
You got me rockin' and a-rollin'
Rockin' and a-reelin'
Barbara Ann ba ba
Ba Barbara Ann
Ba ba ba ba Barbara Ann
Barbara Ann
Take my hand
Barbara Ann
You got me rockin' and a-rollin'
Rockin' and a-reelin'
Barbara Ann ba ba
Ba Barbara Ann
Oh, Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann
Yeah, Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann
Barbara Ann, Barbara Ann
You got me rockin' and a-rollin'
Rockin' and a-reelin'
Barbara Ann ba ba
Ba Barbara Ann
Rockin' and a-reelin'
Barbara Ann ba ba
Ba Barbara Ann
Rockin' and a-reelin'
Barbara Ann ba ba
Ba Barbara Ann
(One more time. More artistic flavor.)
You got me rockin' and a-rollin'
Barbara Ann
Woah
You got me rockin'
You got me rollin'
Oh, Barbara Ann
(Thanks, Dean.)
(Yeah, it's not bad.)
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This song was actually written as an album filler and was thought to have no merit by the band and Brian Wilson. Some how the public loved it, probably because it is so catchy, and therefore the record company loved it. Next thing you know it's a hit.
This song was written in 1959 by Fred Fassert and was originally recorded by The Regents. The meaning? A guy goes to a sock-hop and flips for a babe named Barbara Ann, who first gets him rockin' and a-rollin' and later that night, rockin' and a-reelin'.
I still think that Devoted To You was also a great cut from that album. The album in question is Beach Boys Party, which, released in 65, contained three Beatles tracks, and the opening track by Goldsmith and Smith (and, I believe recorded by The Olympics).
Corny in a classic sense, the Beach Boys immortalized what might have been another forgotten doo-wop gem. Anyone who enjoys good, fun, happy music loves the Beach Boys music and obviously this song. One of their "best-of-the best".
This song, also done with Dean Torrence of Jan And Dean, is probably the most overrated song in their catalog. A very corny, yet catchy song... but should not be included in any "Best Of The Beach Boys" list.
I was in a group that sang a version of this song, I sang bass
I freaking love when janitor and his friends sing this in scrubs...hilarious
i agree; that sing-off between hospital bands is the greatest.
what's mean of "Tried Peggy Sue Tried Betty Lou Tried Mary Lou But I knew she wouldn't do"?
it means Barbara Ann is better
it means Barbara Ann is better