Bo Diddley (1955) (video)

 
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1. Bo Diddley bought his babe a diamond ring,
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    If that diamond ring don't shine, he gonna take it to a private eye.
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     If that private eye can't see
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     he'd better not take the ring from me.
 
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2. Bo Diddley caught a nanny goat,
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    to make his pretty baby a Sunday coat,
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    Bo Diddley caught a bear cat,
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    to make his pretty baby a Sunday hat.
 
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3. Mojo come to my house, ya black cat bone,
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     take my baby away from home.
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    Ugly ole mojo, where ya bin, 
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    up your house, and gone again.
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    Bo Diddley, Bo Diddley have you heard,
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    my pretty baby said she wasn't for it ?   
 
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(orig. = capo 3rd) (Bo Diddley)