HARRY THE HAIRY APE
Ray Stevens
Well a strange thing happened the other night
You won't believe it but I swear it's true
Harry the hairy ape made his escape from the city zoo
&under cover of darkness he made his way
To the middle of the municipal park
&he hid in the bushes &waited for somebody to come
Walkin' along by hi'self in the dark
Then along come somebody not suspectin' nothin'
Harry jump out of the bushes all of a sudden
Beat on his chest
Sound effect of this action
Jump up &down &he say:
Wooo hoo hee hee hoo hoo
Which is Harry Ape talk for Boo I betcha I scared you ha ha
Waaa Scared that poor cat so bad his eyes bugged out his hair turned white
He ran off through the municipal park screamin' hollerin' diggin' up the lawn
Tearin' up the shrub &knock down the Keep off the grass sign run through the
Hurricane fence fell into the municipal park swimming pool &drowned hi'self Woo
Hoo
Well Harry thought this was the funniest thing that he had ever seen
&he laughed Ha ha jumped back in the bushes &got ready to do it again
The next guy to come along was the near sighted local DJ
Just boppin' 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 suspectin' nothin'
Harry jump out of the bushes all of a sudden
Beat on his chest
Sound effect of this action
Jump up &down &he say:
Wooo hoo hee hee hoo hoo
Which is Harry Ape talk for Smile you're on candid camera
Man that DJ was so near sighted he thought Harry was a rock 'n' roll singer
So he gave him the old glad hand smiled slapped him on the back sayin'
Don't worry baby I'm gonna play the record 'cause you're too cool too cool too
Cool &he said bye bopped on off down the sidewalk every 4 or 5 steps he'd stop &
Turn around
Doin' 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 &didn't look for 3 hours &45 minutes But that's not the end of the
Story
Here's what happened:
The DJ played Harry'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 &took up playin' the guitar
&every Sunday afternoon you can go see Harry at the zoo
&the girls will scream &he'll sit on his swing &pick &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
From:Collins Crapo