Betty Lou Got A New Pair Of Shoes:Bobby Freeman.
#37 Rock charts and #20 R&B in 1958.

CHORUS:
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Betty Lou, got a new pair of shoes,
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Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes, wooo.
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Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes,
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Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes.
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Betty Lou, wah..oo, wah..oo, wah..ooh.
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Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes.

#1.
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Well, she walked in the shoe store, she picked out a shoe.
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She tried on a twelve, but that wouldn't do.

CHORUS:
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Betty Lou, Betty Lou, got a new pair of shoes,
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Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes.
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Betty Lou, wah..oo, wah..oo, wah..ooh.
D
Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes.

#2.
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Well, she cracked up over the solid fit,
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walking down the street with her brand new kit.

CHORUS:
      G
Betty Lou, Betty Lou, got a new pair of shoes,
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Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes.
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Betty Lou, wah..oo, wah..oo, wah..ooh.
D
Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes.

#3.
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Well, she's walking down the street, she met an undertaker,
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he tried to bury her new Shoe-de-bakers.

CHORUS:
      G
Betty Lou, Betty Lou, got a new pair of shoes,
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Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes.
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Betty Lou, wah..oo, wah..oo, wah..ooh.
D
Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes.

(INTERLUDE:)

#4.
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Well, she went to a rock and roll party the other night..
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someone stepped on her Shudebakers and she started a fight.

CHORUS:
      G
Betty Lou, Betty Lou, got a new pair of shoes,
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Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes.
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Betty Lou, wah..oo, wah..oo, wah..ooh.
D
Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes.

#5.
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Well, she walked in the shoe store, gave the man a tip,
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told him to go buy hisself a rocket ship.

CHORUS:
      G
Betty Lou, Betty Lou, got a new pair of shoes,
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Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes.
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Betty Lou, wah..oo, wah..oo, wah..ooh.
D
Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes.

OUTRO:
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Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes, woo!

Look at that girl walking down the street, yeah.

Woo, she's stepping higher than a kite,

yeah, with them shiny new Shudebakers she's got on.

Whoa, I dig them kids, yeah.

Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes..(Fade.)


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