Song | The Name Game |
Artist | Shirley Ellis |
Album | Classic Rock: The Beat Goes On: 1964 |
Download | Image LRC TXT |
Shirley! | |
Shirley, Shirley bo Birley Bonana fanna fo Firley | |
Fee fy mo Mirley, Shirley! | |
Lincoln! | |
Lincoln, Lincoln bo Bincoln Bonana fanna fo Fincoln | |
Fee fy mo Mincoln, Lincoln! | |
Come on everybody! | |
I say now let's play a game | |
I betcha I can make a rhyme out of anybody's name | |
The first letter of the name, I treat it like it wasn't there | |
But a B or an F or an M will appear | |
And then I say bo add a B then I say the name and Bonana fanna and a | |
fo | |
And then I say the name again with an F very plain | |
and a fee fy and a mo | |
And then I say the name again with an M this time | |
and there isn't any name that I can't rhyme | |
Arnold! | |
Arnold, Arnold bo Barnold Bonana fanna fo Farnold | |
Fee fy mo Marnold Arnold! | |
But if the first two letters are ever the same, | |
I drop them both and say the name like | |
Bob, Bob drop the B's Bo ob | |
For Fred, Fred drop the F's Fo red | |
For Mary, Mary drop the M's Mo ary | |
That's the only rule that is contrary. | |
Okay? Now say Bo: Bo | |
Now Tony with a B: Bony | |
Then Bonana fanna fo: bonana fanna fo | |
Then you say the name again with an F very plain: Fony | |
Then a fee fy and a mo: fee fy mo | |
Then you say the name again with an M this time: Mony | |
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 |
Shirley! | |
Shirley, Shirley bo Birley Bonana fanna fo Firley | |
Fee fy mo Mirley, Shirley! | |
Lincoln! | |
Lincoln, Lincoln bo Bincoln Bonana fanna fo Fincoln | |
Fee fy mo Mincoln, Lincoln! | |
Come on everybody! | |
I say now let s play a game | |
I betcha I can make a rhyme out of anybody s name | |
The first letter of the name, I treat it like it wasn t there | |
But a B or an F or an M will appear | |
And then I say bo add a B then I say the name and Bonana fanna and a | |
fo | |
And then I say the name again with an F very plain | |
and a fee fy and a mo | |
And then I say the name again with an M this time | |
and there isn t any name that I can t rhyme | |
Arnold! | |
Arnold, Arnold bo Barnold Bonana fanna fo Farnold | |
Fee fy mo Marnold Arnold! | |
But if the first two letters are ever the same, | |
I drop them both and say the name like | |
Bob, Bob drop the B s Bo ob | |
For Fred, Fred drop the F s Fo red | |
For Mary, Mary drop the M s Mo ary | |
That s the only rule that is contrary. | |
Okay? Now say Bo: Bo | |
Now Tony with a B: Bony | |
Then Bonana fanna fo: bonana fanna fo | |
Then you say the name again with an F very plain: Fony | |
Then a fee fy and a mo: fee fy mo | |
Then you say the name again with an M this time: Mony | |
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 |
Shirley! | |
Shirley, Shirley bo Birley Bonana fanna fo Firley | |
Fee fy mo Mirley, Shirley! | |
Lincoln! | |
Lincoln, Lincoln bo Bincoln Bonana fanna fo Fincoln | |
Fee fy mo Mincoln, Lincoln! | |
Come on everybody! | |
I say now let s play a game | |
I betcha I can make a rhyme out of anybody s name | |
The first letter of the name, I treat it like it wasn t there | |
But a B or an F or an M will appear | |
And then I say bo add a B then I say the name and Bonana fanna and a | |
fo | |
And then I say the name again with an F very plain | |
and a fee fy and a mo | |
And then I say the name again with an M this time | |
and there isn t any name that I can t rhyme | |
Arnold! | |
Arnold, Arnold bo Barnold Bonana fanna fo Farnold | |
Fee fy mo Marnold Arnold! | |
But if the first two letters are ever the same, | |
I drop them both and say the name like | |
Bob, Bob drop the B s Bo ob | |
For Fred, Fred drop the F s Fo red | |
For Mary, Mary drop the M s Mo ary | |
That s the only rule that is contrary. | |
Okay? Now say Bo: Bo | |
Now Tony with a B: Bony | |
Then Bonana fanna fo: bonana fanna fo | |
Then you say the name again with an F very plain: Fony | |
Then a fee fy and a mo: fee fy mo | |
Then you say the name again with an M this time: Mony | |
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 |