Thing lyrics

Artist  : Phil Harris 
Song : Thing



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The Thing

-Artist: Phil Harris as sung on
"Mairzy Doats 44 Wacky Hits"
-MCA
Records-MSD2-35180/GMD80041
-peak Billboard
position # 1 for 5 weeks in 1950
-competing
versions also charted by Arthur Godfrey (#24),
and
-The Ames Brothers (#29)
-uses the
melody of the traditional song "The Tailor's
Boy"
-Words and Music by Charles R.
Grean


Transcribers' Note: the "! ! !"
represents the sound of three drum beats in
rapid
succession—like "boom-
ba-boom"

While I was walkin' down the
beach one bright and sunny day
I saw a great
big wooden box a-floatin' in the bay
I pulled
it in and opened it up and much to my
surprise
Oh, I discovered a ! ! !, right
before my eyes
Oh, I discovered a ! ! !, right
before my eyes

I picked it up and ran to
town as happy as a king
I took it to a guy I
knew who'd buy most anything
But this is what
he hollered at me as I walked in his shop
"Oh,
get out of here with that ! ! !, before I call a
cop"
Oh, get out of here with that ! ! !,
before I call a cop

I turned around and
got right out, a-runnin' for my life
And then
I took it home with me to give it to my
wife
But this is what she hollered at me as I
walked in the door
"Oh, get out of here with
that ! ! !, and don't come back no more"
Oh
get out of here with that ! ! !, and don't come
back no more



I wandered all around the town
until I chanced to meet
A hobo who was lookin'
for a handout on the street
He said he'd take
most any old thing, he was a desperate man
But
when I showed him the ! ! !, he turned around and
ran
Oh, when I showed him the ! ! !, he turned
around and ran

I wandered on for many years
a victim of my fate
Until one day I came upon
St. Peter at the gate
And when I tried to take
it inside he told me where to go
Get out of
here with that ! ! !, and take it down
below
Oh get out of here with that ! ! !, and
take it down below

The moral of this story
is: if you're out on the beach
And you should
see a great big box, and it's within your
reach
Don't ever stop and open it up, that's
my advice to you
'cause you'll never get rid
of the ! ! !, no matter what you do
Oh you'll
never get rid of the ! ! !, no matter what you
do


Transcribed by Robin
Hood

These lyrics were transcribed from
the specific recording mentioned above
and do
not necessarily correspond with lyrics from other
recordings, sheet
music, songbooks or lyrics
printed on album jackets.