Purple people eater (1958)      ( midi)

 

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1. Well I saw the thing comin' out of the sky,

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    it had the one long horn, one big eye.

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    I commenced to shakin' and I said "ooh-eee,

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    it looks like a purple people eater to me !“

 

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It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater,

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(one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater),

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a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater,

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sure looks strange to me. (one eye?)

 

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2. Well, he came down to earth and lit in a tree,

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    I said, “Mr. Purple People Eater, don't eat me !”

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    I heard him say in a voice so gruff,

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    “I wouldn't eat you 'cos you're so tough.”

 

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It was a one-eyed, one-horned flyin' purple people eater,

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one-eyed, one-horned flyin' purple people eater,

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one-eyed, one-horned flyin' purple people eater,

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sure looks strange to me. (one horn?)

 

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3. I said, “Mr. Purple People Eater, what's your line ?”

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    He said, “It's eatin' purple people and it sure is fine.

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    But that's not the reason that I came to land,

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    I wanna get a job in a rock and roll band”.

 

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Well, bless my soul, rock and roll, flying purple people eater,

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pigeon-toed, undergrowed, flying purple people eater,

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 (we wear short shorts) friendly little people eater,

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    what a sight to see.

 

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4. And then he swung from the tree and lit on the ground,

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    and he started to rock, really rockin' around,

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    it was a crazy little ditty with a swingin' tune

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    (sing awop bop aloo bop lop bam boom).

 

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Well, bless my soul, rock and roll flyin' purple people eater,

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pigeon-toed, undergrowed, flyin' purple people eater,

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(I like short shorts) flyin' little people eater,

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    what a sight to see ! (purple people?)

 

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5. And then he went on his way, and then what do you know,

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    I saw him last night on a TV show.

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    He was blowing it out, a 'really knockin' em dead,

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    playin' rock and roll music through the horn in his head.

 

    - G - D      G - D    +  Tequila !

 

(orig. = capo 1st)        (Sheb Wooley)