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Thread #115413 Message #3806234
Posted By: Jim Dixon
22-Aug-16 - 05:15 PM
Thread Name: 1950s novelty songs
Subject: Lyr Add: LITTLE RED RENTED ROWBOAT (Joe Dowell)
First mentioned by SINSULL on 20-Oct-2008 above:
LITTLE RED RENTED ROWBOAT
Written by Marvin J. Moore & Bernie Wayne.
As recorded by Joe Dowell, 1962.
CHORUS: Little red rented rowboat,
Little red rented rowboat,
Not much better than no boat,
But at least it'll go when I row, row, row,
At least it'll go when I row.
I saw two pretty girls sunbathin' on a pier.
They wore bikinis way down to here.
I waved; they waved.
They said they'd like a ride,
So I helped them climb inside.
To share my—CHORUS
'Long came a sailboat big enough for two.
The skipper saw the girls; I knew what he would do.
He waved, and they waved.
Then he helped them* inside.
Just one girl to ride—
There in my—CHORUS
Hot rod motorboat roared up behind.
A girl took a look and I could read her mind.
She waved, and he waved.
He helped her climb inside,
Leavin' me with wounded pride.
One hour later I saw them again,
Motorboat out o' gas, sailboat out o' wind.
The girls waved and I waved,
And then I passed them by,
With my nose held way up high.
Me and my—CHORUS
[* He clearly sings "them" but it should be "one"; otherwise, the math doesn't add up.]