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The rock 'n roll scene in general
  Bo Diddley was born Ellis McDaniels
  In a place called McCoom
  In Mississippi about 1926
  He moved to Chicago about 1938
  Where his name was eventually changed to Bo Diddley
  He practised the guitar every day and sometimes into the night
  'till his papa's hair began to turn white
  His pa said "Son, listen here, I know"
  "You can stay but, uh, that guitar's just got to go"
  So he pulled his hat down over his eyes
  And headed on out for them western skies
  I think Bob Dylan said that
  He hit New York City
  He began to play the Apollo in Harlem
  Good scene there
  Everybody raved
  One day, one night
  Came a Cadillac, four headlights
  Came a man with a big long fat cigar
  He said "Come here son, I'm going to make you a star"
  Bo Diddley said "Uh, what's in it for me?"
  The man said "Uh, shut your mouth son and play the guitar"
  "and you just wait and see"
  Well, Bo made it, he made it real big
  And so did the rest of the Rock 'n Roll scene along with him
  And a white guy called Johnny Otis took Bo Diddley's rhythm
  And changed into hand jive
  And it went like this:

In a little old country town one day
  A little old country man begin to play
  Had two guitars and a beat-up saxophone
  When the drummer said ??? those cats begin to ???

Oh baby, oooo we oh oh
  Oooo la la that rock 'n roll
  You hear me, oooo we oh oh
  Oooo la la that rock 'n roll

Then the U.S. music scene, there was big changes made
  Due to circumstances beyond our control
  Such as payola
  The rock 'n roll scene died after two years of solid rock
  You got discs like, uh:
  Take good care of my baby
  Please don't ever make her blue
  And so forth

About, uh, one year later
  In a place called Liverpool in England
  Uh, four young guys with mop haircuts
  Begin to sing stuff like, uh:
  It's been a hard day's night
  And I've been workin' like a dog
  And so on

A place called Richmond in Surrey
  Way down in the deep south
  Where the guys had long hair down their backs sang:
  I wanna be your lover baby
  I wanna be your man, yeah
  And all that jazz

Well we been doin' this number "Bo Diddley"
  for quite some time now
  Bo Diddley visited this country last year
  And we were playin' the Club A-Go-Go in Newcastle, our home town
  And the doors opened one night
  And to our surprise in walked the man himself, Bo Diddley
  Along with him was, uh, Jerome Green, his maraca man
  And the Dutchess, his gorgeous sister
  Now we're doin', uh, we're doin' this number
  Along with them came Rolling Stones and The Mersey Beats
  They're all standin' around diggin' it
  And I overheard Bo Diddley talkin'
  He turned around to Jerome Green, he said
  "Hey Jerome. What do you think of these guys doin our, our material?"
  Jerome said "Uh, where's the bar, man. Please show me to the bar."
  He turned around to the Dutchess and he said
  "Hey Dutch. What do you think of these young guys doin' our material?"
  She said ah, "I don't know. I only came across here to see the
  changin' of the guards and all that jazz."
  But Bo Diddley looked up at me and he said, uh
  With half-closed eyes and a smile
  He said "Man". Took off his glasses. He said "Man"
  "That sure is the biggest load of rubbish ever heard in my life"
  Hey Bo Diddley (Hey, Bo Diddley)
  Oh Bo Diddley (Hey, Bo Diddley)
  Yeah Bo Diddley (Hey, Bo Diddley)
  Oh Bo Diddley (Hey, Bo Diddley)
  Yeah Bo Diddley (Hey, Bo Diddley)
  Oh Bo Diddley (Hey, Bo Diddley

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