Story Of Bo Diddley Lyrics
Story of Bo Diddley - The Animals
Lyrics by：Burden
Composed by：Burden
Now let's hear the story of Bo Diddley
And the Rock n Roll scene in general
Bo Diddley was born Ellis McDaniels
In a place called McCoom Missississipi about 1926
He moved to Chicago about 1938
Where his name was eventually changed to Bo Diddley
He practiced the guitar everyday
And sometimes into the night
Till his papa's hair began to turn white
His Pa said Son listen hear I know
You can stay but that guitar has just gotta go
So he pulled his hat down over his eyes
Headed out for them Western Skies
I think Bob Dylan said that he hit New York City
He began to play at the Apollo in Harlem
Good scene there everybody raving
One day one night came a Cadillac with four head lights
Came a man with a big long fat cigar said
C'mere son I'm gonna make you a star
Bo Diddley said uh what's in it for me
Man said shut your mouth son
Play the guitar and you just wait and see
Well that boy made it he made it real big
And so did the rest of the rock n roll
Scene along with him
And a white guy named Johnny Otis
Took Bo Diddleys rhythm
He changed it into hand-jive and it went like this
In a little old country town one day
A little old country band began to play
Add two guirtars and a beat up saxophone
When the drummer said boy those cats begin to roam
Oh baby oh we oh oh
Ooh la la that rock and roll
Ya hear me oh we oh oh
Ooh la la that rock and roll
Then in the US music scene there was big changes made
Due to circumstances beyond our control such as payola
The rock n roll scene died after
Two years of solid rock
And you got discs like ah
Take good care of my baby
Please don't ever make her blue and so forth
About ah one year later in a place
Called Liverpool in England
Four young guys with mop haircuts
Began to sing stuff like ah
It's been a hard days night
And I've been working like a dog and so on
In a place called Richmond in Surrey
Whay down in the deep south
They got guys with long hair down their back singing
I wanna be your lover baby I wanna be your man
Yeah and all that jazz
Now we've doing this number Bo Diddley
For quite some time now
Bo Diddley visited this country last year
We were playing at the Club A Gogo in
Newcastle our home town
The doors opened one night and to our surprise
Walked in the man himself Bo Diddley
Along with him was Jerome Green his maraca man
And the Duchess his gorgeous sister
And a we were doing this number
Along with them came the Rolling Stones the Mersey Beats
They're all standing around diggin' it
And I overheard Bo Diddley talkin'
He turned around to Jermone Green
And he said hey Jerome what do you think these guys
Doin' ourour material
Jerome said uh where's the bar man
Please show me to the bar
He turned around the Duchess
And he said
Hey Duchess what do you think
Of these young guys
Doin' our material
She said I don't know I only came across here
To see the changin' of the guards and all that jazz
Well Bo Diddley looked up and said to me
With half closed eyes and a smile
He said
Man took off his glasses
He said
Man that sure is the biggest load of rubbish
I ever heard in my life
Hey Bo Diddley
Oh Bo Diddley
Yeah Bo Diddley
Oh Bo Diddley
Hey Bo Diddley
Oh Bo Diddley
Yeah Bo Diddley
Oh Bo Diddley
Yeah Bo Diddley
Hey Bo Diddley
Oh Bo Diddley
Yeah Bo Diddley
Oh Bo