The Story Of Bo Diddley

I was born one night about twelve o’clock
I come into this world playin a gold guitar
My papa walk around stickin out his chest
Oh mamma this boy he gon be a mess
Now people came from miles around
Just see here my little guitar sound
Now some of em said I had what it takes
If I keep on practice i’d be famous one day
Wow, i’m a myth, i’m a killa dilla
Headed out for them Western Skies
I think Bob Dylan said that, he hit New York City
He began to play at the Apollo in Harlem
Good scene there, everybody raving
One day, one night, came a Cadillac with four head lights
Came a man with a big, long, fat, cigar said
«C'mere son, I’m gonna make you a star»
Bo Diddley said, «Uh.whats in it for me?»
Man said, «Shut your mouth son
Play the guitar and you just wait and see»
Well, that boy made it, he made it real big
And so did the rest of the rock n roll scene along with him
And a white guy named Johnny Otis took Bo Diddleys rhythm
He changed it into hand-jive and it went like this
In a little old country town one day
A little old country band began to play
Add two guirtars and a beat up saxophone
When the drummer said, boy, those cats begin to roam
Oh baby oh we oh oh
Ooh la la that rock and roll
Ya hear me oh we oh oh
Ooh la la that rock and roll
Then in the U.S. music scene there was big changes made
Due to circumstances beyond our control such as payola
The rock n roll scene died after two years of solid rock
And you got discs like, ah…
Take good care of my baby
Please don’t ever make her blue and so forth
About, ah, one year later in a place called Liverpool in England
Four young guys with mop haircuts began to sing stuff like, ah…
It’s been a hard days night and I’ve been working like a dog and so on
In a place called Richmond in Surrey, whay down in the deep south
They got guys with long hair down their back singing
I wanna be your lover baby I wanna be your man yeah and all that jazz
Now we’ve doing this number, Bo Diddley, for quite some time now
Bo Diddley visited this country last year
We were playing at the Club A Gogo in Newcastle, our home town
The doors opened one night and to our surprise
Walked in the man himself, Bo Diddley
Along with him was Jerome Green, his maraca man
And the Duchess, his gorgeous sister
And a we were doing this number
Along with them came the Rolling Stones, the Mersey Beats
They’re all standing around diggin' it
And I overheard Bo Diddley talkin'
He turned around to Jermone Green
And he said, «Hey, Jerome? What do you think these guys
Doin' our. our material?»
Jerome said, «Uh, where’s the bar, man? Please show me to the bar…»
He turned around the Duchess
And he said, «Hey Duchess… what do you think of these young guys
Doin' our material?»
She said, «I don’t know. I only came across here
To see the changin' of the guards and all that jazz.»
Well, Bo Diddley looked up and said to me
With half closed eyes and a smile
He said «Man,» took off his glasses
He said, «Man, that sure is the biggest load of rubbish
I ever heard in my life…»
Hey Bo Diddley
Oh Bo Diddley
Yeah Bo Diddley
Oh Bo Diddley
Yeah Bo Diddley