Birdland:Chubby Checker.
#12 in 1963.
INTRO:
Baby, Baby, let s Birdland, now!
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Come on!)
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Whoa, let s go!)
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Let s Birdland, now!)
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Gonna show you how!)
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Owwwww!)
#1.
My father and my mother like Birdland.
(We like Birdland!)
Let me tell ya, now..my brother and my sister
like Birdland. (We like Birdland!)
Don t you know it..the fellas in the summer like Birdland.
(We like Birdland!) Whoooa! Unnnh!
#2.
Come on Baby we re gonna swing..yeeeaah,
shake that thing.
Mama Bird is for the Bird..yeahhhh..the
latest word.
It s Birdland, Birdland..everybody do the
Birdland, now.
CHORUS:
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (OK!)
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Awww! Come on, now!)
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Well, alright!)
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Birdland all night!)
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Woooo, oh!)
(INTERLUDE:SAX:) Unnnnhhh!
#3.
Come on Baby let s hit the floor..
yeah, shake some more.
Girl, I like the way you roll..
yeaaahh..you move my soul.
It s Birdland, Birdland..everybody do
the Birdland, now.
CHORUS:
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (OK!)
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Awww! Come on, now!)
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Well, alright!)
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Birdland all night!)
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Woooo, oh!)
#4.
My father and my mother like Birdland.
(We like Birdland!)
Don t you know it, now..my brother and my sister
like Birdland. (We like Birdland!)
On South Street..the hippies and the gippies
like Birdland. (We like Birdland!)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.