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To: metalmanx2j

From a web page I googled:

Just what was Jack Ely saying when he sang Louie, Louie? Well, as originally written by Richard Berry, here it is:


Fine little girl she waits for me
Me catch the ship for cross the sea
Me sail the ship all alone
Me never think me make it home

Louie, Louie, me gotta go
Louie, Louie, me gotta go


Three nights and days me sail the sea
Me think of girl constantly
On the ship I dream she there
I smell the rose in her hair


Louie, Louie, me gotta go
Louie, Louie, me gotta go


Me see Jamaica moon above
It won't be long, me see my love,
I take her in my arms and then
Me tell her I never leave again


Louie, Louie, me gotta go
Louie, Louie, me gotta go


Seems innocent enough to me. If somebody else added a few dirty lyrics later, I don't see why that should put the song out of bounds.


14 posted on 05/05/2005 1:42:35 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Cicero

Man, those were the days...LSD trips galore!!...sarcasm... ;o]


31 posted on 05/05/2005 2:01:08 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: Cicero

My fragmented recollection of the famous Kingsmen version bears no resemblance to those lyrics beyond the words "Louie, Louie". The famous version contained a refrain "Louie, Louie, Lou-EYE" followed by a line that rhymed with EYE (maybe a different line each time), and also contained something like "makes no difference if it's black or white".


34 posted on 05/05/2005 2:05:29 PM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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