MY BABY LIKES TO BE-BOP
Walter Bishop

as rec by Ella Fitzgerald w Ray Brown & his Orch  
Dec 20th 1947 New York


I was bopped on the head,
Now I'm tall as a treetop,
And just to end like new,
I find the melody's dead,
'Cause my baby likes to be-bop
And I like to be-bop too!

I was down on my heels,
So I hopped to the shoe shop;
"Shoe, fix up my boots like new!
I gotta be on the job
'Cause my baby likes to be-bop
And I like to be-bop too!".

(scat)
The rhythm is off the beaten track, Jack!
(scat)
The squares keep tryin' just to beat it back!

I saw old Uncle Ned
Do a dance and a flip-flop,
He jumped like the hep cats do!
I flipped my lid when he said,
"My baby likes to be-bop
And I like to be-bop too!".

(scat)
How I love to be-bop too!
(scat)
How I love to be-bop too!

I saw old Uncle Ned
Do a dance and a flip-flop,
He jumped like the hep cats do!
I flipped my lid when he said,
"My baby likes to be-bop,
And boy,
(scat)
And I like to be-bop too!".





(Contributed by Peter Akers - February 2010)