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Alley Oop

Alley Oop lyrics by The Beach Boys. Hey hey hey Da da da That's what I say Da da da There's a man in the funny papers we all know Alley Oop Oop, Oop Oop Oop...

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Alley Oop

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Hey hey hey

Da da da

That's what I say

Da da da

There's a man in the funny papers we all know

Alley Oop Oop, Oop Oop Oop

He lived way back a long time ago

Alley Oop Oop, Oop Oop Oop

Well he don't eat nothin' but bearcat stew

Alley Oop Oop, Oop Oop Oop

Oh well this cat's name is a-Alley Oop

Alley Oop Oop, Oop Oop Oop

He's the toughest man there is alive

Alley Oop

Wears clothes from a wildcat's hide

Alley Oop

He's the king of the jungle jive

Look at that caveman go!

He's got a chauffeur that's a genuine dinosaur

Alley Oop Oop, Oop Oop Oop

And he can knuckle your head before you count to four

Alley Oop Oop, Oop Oop Oop

He's got a big ugly club and a headful of hair

Alley Oop Oop, Oop Oop Oop

He's oohhhh eatin' grizzly bear

(*Laughter*)

Alley Oop Oop, Oop Oop Oop

Forgot the words!

He's the toughest man there is alive

Alley Oop

Wears clothes from a wildcat's hide

Alley Oop

He's the king of the jungle jive

Look at that caveman go!

(*Scream*)

He rides through the jungle tearin' limbs offa trees

(*Scream*)

Alley Oop Oop, Oop Oop Oop

And knocking great big monsters dead on their knees

Alley Oop Oop, Oop Oop Oop

Other cats don't bug him 'cos they know better

Alley Oop Oop, Oop Oop Oop

'Cos he's a mean motor scooter and a bad go-getter

Alley Oop Oop, Oop Oop Oop

Well, uh, he's the toughest man there is alive

Alley Oop

Wears clothes from a wildcat's hide

Alley Oop

He's a hully gully king of jive

(*Laugh*)

Well look at that caveman go!

(*Scream*)

There he goes

(There he goes.)

Alley Oop Oop, Oop Oop Oop

Look at that caveman go

Alley Oop Oop, Oop Oop Oop

Ride, daddy, ride

Alley Oop Oop, Oop Oop Oop

Heigh-ho, dinosaur

Alley Oop Oop, Oop Oop Oop

Oh my goodness, what a big brute he is! Hm!

Alley Oop Oop, Oop Oop Oop

Oh, how would you like a dinosaur like that, for your own? Mm!

(*Laughter*)

Alley Oop Oop, Oop Oop Oop

Alley Oop Oop, Oop Oop Oop

(G minor. D7.)

(What now? What now?)

(Just give me a minute.)

(Brian, I need a B flat [...]. You know I can't read.)

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