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Artist: Sha-na-na
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Alley Oop
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Alley Oop
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Oop-oop, Oop, Oop-oop
Alley Oop-oop, Oop, Oop-oop
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
He don't eat nothin' but a bear cat stew
Alley Oop-oop, Oop, Oop-oop
Well and this cat's name is-a Alley Oop
Alley Oop-oop, Oop, Oop-oop
He's got a chauffer 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 head full of hair-air
Alley Oop-oop, Oop, Oop-oop
A-like a great big lion and grizzly bear
Alley Oop-oop, Oop, Oop-oop
Alley Oop, He's the toughest man there is alive
Alley Oop, Wearin' clothes from a wild cat's hide
Alley Oop, He's the king of the jungle jive
Look at that cave man go
He rides through the jungle tearin' limbs off a tree
Alley Oop-oop, Oop, Oop-oop
Knockin' great big monsters dead on their knees
Alley Oop-oop, Oop, Oop-oop
The cats don't bug him 'cause they know better
Alley Oop-oop, Oop, Oop-oop
'Cause he's a mean motor scooter and a bad go getter
Alley Oop-oop, Oop, Oop-oop
Alley Oop, He's the toughest man there is alive
Alley Oop, Wearin' clothes from a wild cat's hide
Alley Oop, He's the king of the jungle jive
Look at that cave man go
Alley Oop-oop, Oop, Oop-oop (there he goes)
Alley Oop-oop, Oop, Oop-oop (a-look at that cave man go)
Alley Oop-oop, Oop, Oop-oop, (he sure is hip ain't he)
Alley Oop-oop, Oop, Oop-oop (like what's happening)
Alley Oop-oop, Oop, Oop-oop (ride, Alley, ride)
Alley Oop-oop, Oop, Oop-oop (hi-yo dinosaur)
Alley Oop-oop, Oop, Oo
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