Harry The Hairy Ape

Well, a strange thing happened the other night

You won't believe it, but I swear it's true

Harry the hairy ape made his escape from the city zoo

And under cover of darkness he made his way

To the middle of the municipal park

And he hid in the bushes and waited for somebody to come

Walkin' along by himself in the dark

Then along come somebody not suspectin' nothin'

Harry jump out of the bushes all of a sudden

Beat on his chest, jump up and down and he say

"Woo hoo hee hee hoo hoo"

Which is Harry ape talk for

"Boo, I betcha I scared you, ha ha"

Scared that poor cat so bad his eyes bugged out

His hair turned white

He ran off through the municipal park

Screamin', hollerin', tearin' up the shrub

Diggin' up the lawn and knock down the

Keep off the grass sign, run through the

Hurricane fence, fell into the municipal park

Swimming pool and drowned himself

Well, Harry thought this was the funniest thing

That he had ever seen and he laughed, "Ha ha"

Jumped back in the bushes and got ready to do it again

The next guy to come along was the near sighted local DJ

Just boppin' down the sidewalk on his way to work

With a box of records on his arm that he was gonna play

So here come, not suspectin' nothin'

Harry jump out of the bushes all of a sudden

Beat on his chest, jump up and down and he say

"Woo hoo hee hee hoo hoo"

Which is Harry ape talk for

"Boo, I betcha I scared you, ha ha"

Man, that radio announcer didn't even bad an eye

He was so near-sighted he thought

Harry was a rock 'n' roll singer

So he gave him the old glad hand

Slapped him on the back, smiled

Said, "Don't worry, baby, I'm gonna play the record

Then he said, "Bye", bopped on off down the sidewalk

Every 4 5 steps he'd stop and doin' a little mash potatoes

Harry just stood there watching till he got out of sight

Man he didn't know what to think I mean it really shook him up

He run back to his cage as fast as he can go

And jump up on his little swing put both hands over his eyes

And didn't look for 3 hours and 45 minutes

But that's not the end of the story, no

Here's what happened

Well the DJ played Harry's record

What record?

Shut up it was a hit and he became a star

He got him some tight britches, got him a manager

Went on a promotion tour, combed his hair back

And took up playin' the guitar

And every Sunday afternoon

You can go see Harry at the zoo

And the girls will scream and he'll sit on his swing

And pick and sing his hit record for you

Hoo hoo hoo

Hoo hoo hoo

Hoo hoo hoo

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