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Thread #31335 Message #858501
Posted By: GUEST
04-Jan-03 - 12:20 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Bully in the Alley
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bully in the Alley
I am interested in the version sung in Blue Murder. I've tried to write it down, but there can be mistakes and I can't get the words of a stanza. English is not my mother language. Can somebody help me in finding the complete and correct text as sung in Blue Murder? Thank you. Roberto
This is what I could get:
So! Help me Bob, I'm bully in the alley
Way-ay, ay-ay, bully in the alley
So! Help me Bob, I'm bully in the alley
Bully down in Shinbone Al
Well, Sally is a girl that I loved dearly
Way-ay, ay-ay, bully in the alley
Well, Sally is the girl that I spliced nearly
Bully down in Shinbone Al
So! Help me Bob, I'm bully in the alley
Way-ay, ay-ay, bully in the alley
So! Help me Bob, I'm bully in the alley
Bully down in Shinbone Al
When I get to Saint Lou, I'm gonna steer by my Sally
Way-ay, ay-ay, bully in the alley
I'll throw her a line and make fast in our alley
Bully down in Shinbone Al
So! Help me Bob, I'm bully in the alley
Way-ay, ay-ay, bully in the alley
So! Help me Bob, I'm bully in the alley
Bully down in Shinbone Al
(…)
When it's time to leave, I'm gonna slip my cable
Way-ay, ay-ay, bully in the alley
Gonna visit my Sal as often as I'm able
Bully down in Shinbone Al
So! Help me Bob, I'm bully in the alley
Way-ay, ay-ay, bully in the alley
So! Help me Bob, I'm bully in the alley
Bully down in Shinbone Al
I'm gonna leave my Sal and go out a-sailing
Way-ay, ay-ay, bully in the alley
Gonna leave my gal and go out a-whaling
Bully down in Shinbone Al
So! Help me Bob, I'm bully in the alley
Way-ay, ay-ay, bully in the alley,
So! Help me Bob, I'm bully in the alley
Bully down in Shinbone Al