Flip-Top Box:Dicky Do And The Don'ts.
#61 in 1958.
INTRO:
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Ooowee, ooowee, ooowee..ya, ya, ya..
ooowee, ooowee, ya, hah!
Ooowee, ooowee, ooowee..ya, ya, ya..
Ooowee, ooowee, ya!
#1.
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I know a crazy, crazy, story 'bout a sly old fox.s-
And when they buried him he made them use a flip-top box.e-
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At night when the moon was shining bright above..
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he'd flip the flip-top back and he would call his love.
CHORUS:
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Ooowee, ooowee, ooowee..ya, ya, ya..
ooowee, ooowee, ya, hah!
Ooowee, ooowee, ooowee..ya, ya, ya..
Ooowee, ooowee, ya!
#2.
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She came running with a shovel, looking like a ghost.
She started digging and a-digging..she dug him the most.
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She dug like a demon and before too long..they were hugging
and a-kissing and they sang this song.
CHORUS:
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Ooowee, ooowee, ooowee..ya, ya, ya..
ooowee, ooowee, ya, hah!
Ooowee, ooowee, ooowee..ya, ya, ya..
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/misc_unsigned_bands/dicky_doo_and_the_donts_flip_top_box_crd.html ]
Ooowee, ooowee, ya!
#3.
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They started dancing to the Jive of The Tombstone Five.
A lot of creepy looking creatures started to arrive.
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The man at the entrance let some live ones in..they started
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rocking and a-rolling and they all joined in.
CHORUS:
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Ooowee, ooowee, ooowee..ya, ya, ya..
ooowee, ooowee, ya, hah!
Ooowee, ooowee, ooowee..ya, ya, ya..
Ooowee, ooowee, ya!
#4.
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So, if you're walking by he cemetery some dark night,
and you hear a lot of wailing..everything's all right.
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If bones are rattling and the whole place rocks..you can
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blame it on the fox in the flip-top box.
CHORUS:
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Ooowee, ooowee, ooowee..ya, ya, ya..
ooowee, ooowee, ya, hah!
Ooowee, ooowee, ooowee..ya, ya, ya..
Ooowee, ooowee, ya!
OUTRO:
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Ooowee, ooowee, ooowee..ya, ya, ya..
ooowee, ooowee, ya, hah!
Ooowee, ooowee, ooowee..ya, ya, ya..
Ooowee, ooowee, ya!
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.