Gin gan goolie (1969)

 

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Gin gan goolie goolie goolie goolie, wotcha, gin gan goo, gin gan goo !

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Gin gan goolie goolie goolie goolie, wotcha, gin gan goo, gin gan goo !

 

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1. There's a pretty little brown-eyed Brownie,

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    lives next door, lives next door,

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    with the beautiful-est blue-eyed sister y’ever saw, ever saw.

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    Hey la, hey la Shayla, and her eyes are summer blue.

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    Shayla, her name is Shayla, hey la, Shayla I love you !

 

+ CHORUS

 

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2.  How I wanted to ask her out, but I was scared, oh, so scared.

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    I remembered my Boy Scout training, “Be Prepared, Be Prepared!”

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    Hey la, hey la Shayla, and her eyes are summer blue.

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    Shayla, her name is Shayla, hey la, Shayla I love you !

 

+ CHORUS

 

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3. Now in two or three or four weeks time, I'll marry her, marry her,

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    all the Boy Scouts, Cubs and Brownies will be there, will be there,

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    singing : Hey la, hey la Shayla, hey la Shayla, hey la, hoo,

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    hey la, hey la Shayla, hey la, Shayla, hey la, hoo.

 

+  CHORUS (4x)....

 

    (The Scaffold)