ADD: Whoopie-Ti -Yi Get a job you old hippie

Subject: Whoopie-Ti -Yi Get a job you old hippie
From: Tom French
Date: 06 Sep 01 - 11:22 PM

Anyone have the words to the parady: "Whoopie-Ti-Yi-Yo, Get a job you old hippie

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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Whoopie-Ti -Yi Get a job you old hip
From: Mark Cohen
Date: 07 Sep 01 - 05:40 AM

I heard Pete Sutherland do it about 10 years ago at the Fiddle Tunes Festival. Not sure if he wrote it. If I can dig up the tape I'll post the words, but no doubt somebody will beat me to it. Let's see, the chorus went something like this:

Whoopee-ti-yi-yo, get a job, you old hippie
Trade your [denim and leather?] for a coat and a tie
Whoopie-ti-yi-yo, get upwardly mobile
For the almighty dollar will be your new high

Very 80s.

Aloha,
Mark

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Whoopie-Ti -Yi Get a job you old hip
From: Jacob B
Date: 07 Sep 01 - 01:28 PM

I recall the second line of the chorus as

Trade your dungaree jacket for a suit and a tie

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Whoopie-Ti -Yi Get a job you old hip
From: Mark Cohen
Date: 07 Sep 01 - 03:22 PM

Right you are, Jacob. Now all we need are the verses. I can hear Pete singing them in my mind, but the words are, in the words of our favorite Texan, blurrified.

Aloha,
Mark

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Whoopie-Ti -Yi Get a job you old hip
From: Tom French
Date: 18 Sep 01 - 12:59 AM

So now we're up to:

Whoopee-ti-yi-yo, get a job, you old hippie
Trade your dungaree jacket for a suit and a tie
Whoopie-ti-yi-yo, get upwardly mobile
For the almighty dollar will be your new high

Anyone have any verses out there?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Whoopie-Ti -Yi Get a job you old hip
From: GUEST
Date: 23 Aug 22 - 06:50 AM

...dollar is gonna be your new high

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Lyrics posted here (click)