• Song:

    Shirley Ellis - The Name Game

  • Artist:

    Misc Unsigned Bands

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The name game
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Shirley
Shirley, Shirley bo Birley Bonana fanna fo Firley
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Fee fie mo Mirley, Shirley
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Lincoln
Lincoln, Lincoln bo Bincoln Bonana fanna fo Fincoln
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Fee fie mo Mincoln, Lincoln
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Come on everybody
I say now let's play a game
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I betcha I can make a rhyme out of anybody's name
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The first letter of the name, I treat it like it wasn't there
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But a B or an F or an M will appear
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And then I say bo add a B then I say the name and Bonana fanna and a fo
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And then I say the name again with an F very plain 
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and a fee fie and a mo
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And then I say the name again with an M this time
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and there isn't any name that I can't rhyme
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Arnold 
Arnold, Arnold bo Barnold Bonana fanna fo Farnold 
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Fee fie mo Marnold Arnold
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But if the first two letters are ever the same, 
I drop them both and say the name like 
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Bob, Bob drop the B's Bo ob
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For Fred, Fred drop the F's Fo red 
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For Mary, Mary drop the M's Mo ary 
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That's the only rule that is contrary.
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Okay? Now say Bo: Bo 
Now Tony with a B: Bony
Then Bonana fanna fo: bonana fanna fo
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Then you say the name again with an F very plain: Fony
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Then a fee fie and a mo: fee fie mo
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Then you say the name again with an M this time: Mony
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And there isn't any name that you can't rhyme

Every body do Tony
Pretty good, let's do Billy
Very good, let's do Marsha
A little trick with Nick
The name game
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