The Purple People Eater:Sheb Wooley. #1 in 1958. #1. Well, I saw the thing comin' out of the sky.. it had one long horn, one big eye. I commenced to shakin' and I said "ooh-eee! it looks like a purple eater to me!" It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater. (One-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater.) one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater. Sure looks strange to me..(one eye?) #2. Well, he came down to earth and he lit in a tree. I said, 'Mr. Purple People Eater, don't eat me.' I heard him say in a voice so gruff.."I wouldn't eat you cause you're so tough." It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater. (One-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater.) one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater. Sure looks strange to me..(one horn?) #3. I said, 'Mr. Purple People Eater, what's your line?' He said, "It's eatin' purple people and it sure is fine. But that's not the reason that I came to land.. I wanna get a job in a rock and roll band!" Well, bless my soul, rock and roll, flyin' purple people eater. Pigeon-toed, undergrowed, flyin' purple people eater. (We wear short shorts!) Flyin' purple people eater..sure looks strange to me. #4. And then he swung from the tree and he lit on the ground. He started to rock, really rockin' around. It was a crazy ditty with a swingin' tune.. sing a bop bop aboppa loppa lim bam boom. Well, bless my soul, rock and roll, flyin' purple people eater. Pigeon-toed, undergrowed, flyin' purple people eater. (I like short shorts!) Flyin' purple people eater..sure looks strange to me. (Purple people?) #5. And then he went on his way, and then what do ya know? I saw him last night on a TV show. He was blowing it out, a'really knockin' 'em dead.. playin' rock and roll music through the horn in his head. (CLARINET SOLO:) Tequila!!! A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
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