Harry The Hairy Ape

INTRO: Well a strange thing happened the other night You won't believe it but I swear it's true Harry the Hairy Ape made his escape from the city zoo And under cover of darkness he made his way To the middle of the municipal park N/C And hid in the bushes and waited for somebody To come walkin alone by hisself in the dark Then along come somebody not suspectin' nothin Harry jump outta the bushes all of a sudden Beat on his chest, jumped up and down, and he say INTRO Wooohooohooohhaaaheehooowooo (twice) N/C Which is Harry Ape talk for "boo I betcha I scared you haha" (Spoken rapidly) Waaa scared that poor cat so bad his eyes bugged out His hair turned white and he run off through the municipal park Screamin' and hollerin' 'n tearin' up the lawn Tearin' up the shrubbery, knocked down the "keep off the grass" sign Run through the hurricane fence, fell in the municipal swimming pool And drowned hisself, woo-hoo Well Harry thought this was the funniest thing That he had ever seen And he laughed, haha, jumped back in the bushes And got ready to do it again The next guy that come along Was the near sighted local DJ N/C Just boppin' down the sidewalk on his way to work With a box of records under his arm that he was gonna play So here he come, not suspectin' nothin' Harry jump outta the bushes all of a sudden Beat on his chest, jumped up and down, and he say INTRO (that ape talk again) N/C Which is Harry Ape talk for "smile you on candid camera" (Spoken rapidly) Man that DJ was so nearsighted he thought Harry was a rock n roll singer So he give him the ol' glad hand, smiled, slapped him on the back Say "don't worry baby I'm gonna play the record 'Cause you're too cool, too cool, too cool" Then he said bye, bopped on down off the sidewalk Every four or five steps he stop turn around do a boo-ga-loo shing-a-ling Well this really shook Harry up, I mean it blew his whole bit ruined his whole day So he run back to his cage fast as he could go, jumped up on his little swing Put both hands over his eyes and didn't look for three hours forty-five minutes But that's not the end of the story, here's what happened Well the DJ he played Harry's record (what record?) Shut up! It was a hit and he became a star Got him some tight britches got him a manager Went on a promotion tour, combed his hair back And took up playin' the guitar And every Sunday afternoon you can go And see Harry at the zoo N/C And the girls'll swing and he'll sit on his swing And pick and sing his hit record for you (Ape noises) (Shoobie-doo-wop, shoobie-doo-wop...)