Thing
by:
Phil Harris
The Thing
-Artist: Phil Harris as sung on "Mairzy Doats 44 Wacky Hits"
-MCA Records-MSD2-35180/GMD80041
-peak Billboard position # 1 for 5 weeks in 1950
-competing versions also charted by Arthur Godfrey (#24), and
-The Ames Brothers (#29)
-uses the melody of the traditional song "The Tailor's Boy"
-Words and Music by Charles R. Grean
Transcribers' Note: the "! ! !" represents the sound of three drum beats in rapid
succession-like "boom- ba-boom"
While I was walkin' down the beach one bright and sunny day
I saw a great big wooden box a-floatin' in the bay
I pulled it in and opened it up and much to my surprise
Oh, I discovered a ! ! !, right before my eyes
Oh, I discovered a ! ! !, right before my eyes
I picked it up and ran to town as happy as a king
I took it to a guy I knew who'd buy most anything
But this is what he hollered at me as I walked in his shop
"Oh, get out of here with that ! ! !, before I call a cop"
Oh, get out of here with that ! ! !, before I call a cop
I turned around and got right out, a-runnin' for my life
And then I took it home with me to give it to my wife
But this is what she hollered at me as I walked in the door
"Oh, get out of here with that ! ! !, and don't come back no more"
Oh get out of here with that ! ! !, and don't come back no more