The Name Game:Shirley Ellis. #3 on Rock Charts and #4 on R&B in 1965. INTRO:

^CThe name game! CHORUS: ^CShirley! ^CShirley, Shirley bo Birley Bonana fanna fo Firley, ^FFee fy mo Mir^Cley..Shirley! ^CLincoln! ^CLincoln, Lincoln bo Bincoln Bonana fanna fo Fincoln, ^FFee fy mo Min^Ccoln..Lincoln!

#1.

^CCome on everybody! I say now let's play a game. I betcha ^FI can make a rhyme, out of ^Canybody's name. The first ^Fletter of the name, I treat it ^Clike it wasn't there. But a ^FB or an F or an ^CM will appear. ^CAnd then I say Bo add a B then I say the name and

Bonana fanna and a Fo.

And ^Fthen I say the name again with an F, very plain, and a ^CFee Fy and a Mo. And ^Fthen I say the name again with an M this time, and there ^Cisn't any name that I can't rhyme.

CHORUS:

^CArnold! ^CArnold, Arnold bo Barnold Bonana fanna fo Farnold, ^FFee fy mo Mar^Cnold..Arnold!

#2.

^CBut if the first two letters are ever the same, I drop them both, and say the name, like

Bob, Bob drop the B's Bo Ob. For Fred, Fred drop the F's Fo Red.

For ^FMary, Mary drop the M's Mo Ary. ^CThat's the only rule that is contrary.

#3.

^COkay? Now say Bo: Bo! Now Tony with a B: Bony!

Then Bonana Fanna Fo: Bonana Fanna Fo.

Then you say the name again with an ^FF very plain: Fony.. Then a ^CFee Fy and a Mo: Fee Fy Mo. Then you ^Fsay the name again with an M this time: ^CMony! ^CAnd there isn't any name that you can't rhyme.

OUTRO:

^CEvery body do Tony! (Rhyme.)Pretty good, let's do Billy!(Rhyme.) Very good, let's do Marsha! (Ryhme.)A little trick with Nick!(Rhyme.)

The name game...(Fade.) A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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