Hang On Sloopy
The McCoys
Written by Wes Farrell and Bert Russell; released as a single with "I Can't
Explain It" as the B-side, and on the album "Hang On Sloopy".
Intro:
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Hang on, Sloopy, Sloopy, hang on!
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Hang on, Sloopy, Sloopy, hang on!
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Verse:
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Sloopy lives in a ve- ry bad part of
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town, And
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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eve - ry- bo - dy, yeah, tries to put my Sloopy
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down.
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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Sloopy, I don't care what your daddy do,
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'Cause
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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you know, Sloopy, girl, I'm in love with you.
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And so I sing out:
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Refrain:
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Hang on, Sloopy, Sloopy, hang on!
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Hang on, Sloopy, Sloopy, hang on!
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Verse:
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Sloopy wears a red dress, yeah, as old as the
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Nil, But when
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Sloopy wears red dress, yeah, you know it gives me the
that
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chills, oh, oh.
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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Sloopy, when I see you wal - kin', walkin' down the
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street, I say
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don't worry, Sloopy girl, you be- long to me.
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And so I sing out:
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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Hang on, Sloopy, Sloopy, hang on!
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Hang on, Sloopy, Sloopy, hang on,
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yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
Break (solo):
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Verse:
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Sloopy, let your hair down, girl, let hang down on
it
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me,
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Sloopy, let your hair down, girl, let hang down on
it
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me, yeah, Come on,
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Sloopy, oh, come on,
(come on, come on)
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Sloopy, Well, come on, Sloo-
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py, well, come on, Sloo-
(come on, come on)
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py, Well, it feels so
(come on, come on)
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good, you know it feels so
(come on, come on)
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good, Well, shake shake shake it,
(come on, come on) it, it,
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Sloopy, oh, shake shake shake it,
(come on, come on) it, it,
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yeah!
(come on, come on)
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Refrain:
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Hang on, Sloopy, Sloopy, hang on,
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yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! Oh,
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hang on, Sloopy, Sloopy, hang on!
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yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
Outro:
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Hang on, Sloopy, Sloopy, hang on!
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