The Purple People Eater:Sheb Wooley.
#1 in 1958.
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#1.
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Well, I saw the thing comin' out of the sky..
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it had 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 eater to me!"
CHORUS:
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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?)
#2.
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Well, he came down to earth and he 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.."I wouldn't eat you
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cause you're so tough."
CHORUS:
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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 horn?)
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#3.
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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!"
CHORUS:
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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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(We wear short shorts!)
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Flyin' purple people eater..sure looks strange to me.
#4.
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And then he swung from the tree and he lit on the ground.
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He started to rock, really rockin' around.
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It was a crazy ditty with a swingin' tune..
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sing a bop bop aboppa loppa lim bam boom.
CHORUS:
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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!)
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Flyin' purple people eater..sure looks strange to me.
(Purple people?)
#5.
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And then he went on his way, and then what do ya 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.
(CLARINET SOLO:) Bb F# Tequila!!!
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
