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Thread #2191   Message #2192291
Posted By: Jim Dixon
12-Nov-07 - 06:35 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Mr. Spaceman
Subject: Lyr Add: MR BASS MAN (Johnny Cymbal)
Those lyrics that Amos posted look like a takeoff on this old doo-wop hit:

MR. BASS MAN (partial lyrics)
Johnny Cymbal, 1963

Mr. Bass Man, you've got that certain something.
Mr. Bass Man, you set that music thumping.
To you, it's easy when you go, "One, two, three, di-da-bip-op-a-bop?
(You mean, "Ba-ba-BAH-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba!...)
Yeah! Mr. Bass Man, you're on all the songs
With a doo-doo-da-boom-boom and a doo-doo-da-boom-boom-bong.
Hey, Mr. Bass Man, you're the hidden king of rock 'n' roll.
Do-da-bip-op-a-bop?
(No, no! "Ba-ba-BAH-ba-ba-….)

[There is a more complete set of lyrics at a Swedish web site called The Boppers, but I can't vouch for their accuracy.]