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I'd like to thank the guy
Who wrote the song
That made my baby
Fall in love with me
Who put the bomp in the bomp bah bomp bah bomp
Who put the ram in the rama lama ding dong
Who put the bop in the bop shoo bop shoo bop
Who put the dip in the dip da dip da dip
Who was that man
I'd like to shake his hand
He made my baby fall in love with me (yeah)
When my baby heard
"Bomp bah bah bomp bah bomp bah bomp bah bomp bomp"
Every word went right into her heart
And when she heard them singin'
"Rama lama lama lama, rama ding dong"
She said we'd never have to part
Each time that we're alone
Boogity boogity boogity boogity boogity boogity shoo
Sets my baby's heart all aglow
And every time we dance to
Dip da dip da dip dip da dip da dip
She always says she loves me so
So
Who put the bomp in the bomp bah bomp bah bomp
Who put the ram in the rama lama ding dong
Who put the bop in the bop shoo bop shoo bop
Who put the dip in the dip da dip da dip
Who was that man
I'd like to shake his hand
He made my baby fall in love with me (yeah)
Darling, bomp bah bah bomp, bah bomp bah bomp bomp
And my honey, rama lama ding dong forever
And when I say, dip da dip da dip da dip
You know I mean it from the bottom of my boogity boogity boogity shoop
© 1961 Dyad Music Ltd (BMI) admin. by Wixen Music Publishing, Inc.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
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Barry Mann began writing songs while still in his teens. Alone and in partnership with his wife, lyricist Cynthia Weil (both of them Grammy award winners), and others, Barry has written more than 600 songs in his 60+ years in the music business, including several for Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. You know them all: You've Lost That Loving Feeling, On Broadway, We Gotta Get Out of This Place, Here You Come Again (bet you thought Dolly wrote that one!), Make Your Own Kind of Music, Sometimes When We Touch, I Love How You Love Me...the list of Top Ten hits goes on and on. In addition to songwriting, Barry's talents include singing and photography. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he and Cynthia now live in Beverly Hills, California. Learn more about Barry at https://www.mann-weil.com/bios.
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Anastasia:
In "September" by Earth, Wind & Fire, the filler lyrics are "ba-dee-ya". When Allee Willis insisted to Maurice White that they should be replaced with real words, he just nodded and smiled, and went on with the song. She asked him "what does 'Ba-dee-ya' even mean?" and he essentially said "Who cares?" She concludes, "And I learned the biggest lesson of my songwriting career at that moment: Never let the lyric get in the way of the groove."
Posted 06/21/2022 12:46 PM
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Larry Schug:
Cool, Barry Mann.
Cool, Darrell Arnold.
Cool Cool Cool.
Posted 06/21/2022 12:42 PM
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Darrell Arnold:
"Yippee Ti Yi Yo, get along little dogies,
It's your misfortune and none of my own.
Yippee Ti Yi Yo, get along little dogies,
You know that Wyoming will be your new home. . ."
That song is a cowboy classic. I had the good fortune to write a cowboy poem that was set to music -- a collaboration that won a song of-the-year-award. The singer added a well-placed "Ki-Yi-Yi" to the end of the chorus. I wouldn't be surprised if that's what won us the award.
Posted 06/21/2022 10:26 AM
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Lori Levy:
Great!
Posted 06/21/2022 09:56 AM
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cork:
Zip-a-dee-do-da, zip-a-de-ay!
Posted 06/21/2022 09:11 AM
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Michael:
This is poetry, if poetry there be!!
Posted 06/21/2022 08:47 AM
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Darrell Arnold:
I like this wildly creative and humorous look at song writing. I believe the arrangement, especially the musical arrangement after the lyrics have been written can make or break a song. So many of the lyrics are goofy, but they fill the gaps. I'm going to have to go to the website and see how many clever doo-wapps Mr. Mann did in his own songs. This poem is cool.
Posted 06/21/2022 08:41 AM
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