The Thing (Digitally Mastered 1988)

The Thing (Digitally Mastered 1988) - Phil Harris

While I was walking down the beach one bright and sunny day

I saw a great big wooden box a-floating in the bay

I pulled it in and opened it up and much to my surprise

Ooh I discovered a boom-boom-boom right before my eyes

Oh I discovered a boom-boom-boom right before my eyes

I picked it up and ran to town as happy as a king

I took it to a guy I knew who'd buy most any thing

But this is what he hollered at me as I walked in his shop

Oh get outta here with that boom-boom-boom

Before I call a cop

Oh get outta here with that boom-boom-boom

Before I call a cop

I turned around and got right out a-running for my life

And than I took it home with me to give it to my wife

But this is what she hollered at me as I walked in the door

Oh get outta here with that boom-boom-boom

And don't come back no more

Oh get outta here with that boom-boom-boom

And don't come back no more

I wandered all around the town until I chanced to meet

A hobo who was looking for a hand-out on the street

He said he'd take most any old thing

He was a desperate man

But when I showed him the boom-boom-boom

He turned around and ran

Oh when I showed him the boom-boom-boom

He turned around and ran

I wandered on for many years a victim of my fate

Until one day I came upon St Peter at the gate

And when I tried to take it inside he told me where to go

Get outta here with that boom-boom-boom

And take it down below

Oh get outta here with that boom-boom-boom

And take it down below

The moral of this story is if you're out on the beach

And you should see a great big box

And it's within your reach

Don't ever stop and open it up that's my advice to you

Cause you'll never get rid of the boom-boom-boom

No matter what you do

Oh you'll never get rid of the boom-boom-boom

No matter what you do