HEY! BO-DIDDLEY

Original Bo Diddley version

Bo Diddley done had a farm (hey Bo Diddley)
On that farm he had some women (hey Bo Diddley)
Women here, women there (hey Bo Diddley)
Women, women, women everywhere (hey Bo Diddley)

But one little girl lived on a hill (hey Bo Diddley)
She rustled and tussled like Buffalo Bill (hey Bo Diddley)
One day she decided she'd go for a ride (hey Bo Diddley)
With a pistol and a sword by her side (hey Bo Diddley)

She rolled right up to my front door (hey Bo Diddley)
Knocked an' knocked 'til her fist got sore (hey Bo Diddley)
When she turned and walked away (hey Bo Diddley)
All I could hear my baby say (hey Bo Diddley)

Hey Bo Diddley (hey Bo Diddley)
Hey Bo Diddley (hey Bo Diddley)
Hey Bo Diddley (oh Bo Diddley)
Hey Bo Diddley (oh Bo Diddley)

Saw my baby run across the field (hey Bo Diddley)
Slipping and sliding like an automobile (hey Bo Diddley)
Hollering my baby got towed away (hey Bo Diddley)
Slipped on from me like a Cadillac Eight (hey Bo Diddley)

Hey Bo Diddley (hey Bo Diddley)
Hey Bo Diddley (oh Bo Diddley)
Hey Bo Diddley (oh Bo Diddley)

Info

HEY! BO-DIDDLEY is a song written by Ellas McDaniel (known as Bo Diddley) and originally released by Bo Diddley as a single in 1957. The above lyrics are for the original Bo Diddley version of HEY! BO-DIDDLEY as released in 1957.

Bo Diddley -- "Hey! Bo-Diddley / Mona"

7" single - Checker (860) - USA, 1957

Bruce Springsteen's Version

Bruce Springsteen has never performed HEY! BO-DIDDLEY live in full, but he used a snippet of the song as intro and outro to SHE'S THE ONE on 02 Sep 1995 at the concert for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.

Available Versions

List of available versions of HEY! BO-DIDDLEY on this website:

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