I Shot Mister Lee:The Bobettes.
#52 in 1960.
INTRO:
One, two, three, (Hey!) I shot Mr. Lee..oh-oh.
Three, four, five, (Hey!) I got tired of his jive..oh-oh.
A-woh-wo-wo, we should ve never..oh-oh.
A-woh-wo-wo, we should ve never..oh-oh.
A-woh-wo-wo, we should ve never..oh-no.
A-woh-wo-wo, we should ve never..oh-oh.
A-woh-wo-wo, oh-oh, we should ve never..oh-no.
A-woh-wo-wo, we should ve never..
#1.
Shouldn t-a never met a sweetie..
(Woh-wo-wo, we shoulda never..)
he shouldn t-a never met me.
(Woh-wo-wo, we shoulda never..)
Shouldn t-a never met a sweetie..
(Woh-wo-wo, we shoulda never..)
He shouldn t-a never met me.
(Woh-wo-wo, we shoulda never..)
Now his memor..y,
(Woh-wo-wo, we shoulda never..)
is down in histor..y.
(Woh-wo-wo, we shoulda never...)
#2.
He was a real cool cat..
(He was a real cool cat.)
ooooo..and wore a high-top hat.
(He wore a high-top hat.)
Ahhhh..he was a real cool cat..
(He was a real cool cat.)
Ooooo..and wore a high-top hat.
(He wore a high-top hat.)
Ohhhh..He was a handsome cat..
(He was a handsome cat.)
oooo..all the girls loved that.
(And all the girls loved that.)
I said-..
CHORUS:
A-woh-wo-wo, we should ve never..oh-oh.
A-woh-wo-wo, we should ve never..oh-oh.
A-woh-wo-wo, we should ve never..oh-no.
A-woh-wo-wo, we should ve never..oh-oh.
A-woh-wo-wo, oh-oh, we should ve never..oh-no.
A-woh-wo-wo, we should ve never..
#3.
I picked up my gun..
(Shot him in the head, boom-boom, ahhh.)
and I went to his door.
(Shot him in the head, boom-boom, ahhh.)
I picked up my gun..
(Shot him in the head, boom-boom, ahhh.)
and I went to his door.
(Shot him in the head, boom-boom, ahhh.)
Now Mr. Lee..
(Shot him in the head, boom-boom, ahhh.)
can t jive me no more.
(Shot him in the head, boom-boom.)
#4.
He holler , help! help! Murder! Police!..
the girl s after me with a gun!
He holler , help! help! Murder! Police!..
the girl s after me with a gun!
OUTRO:
Six, seven, eight, (Hey!) a-Mr. Lee had a date..oh-oh.
Nine, ten, eleven, (Hey!) now he s up in Heaven..oh-oh.
Shot im in the head, boom-boom, woh-oh.
Shot im in the head, boom-boom, woh-oh.
Shot im in the head, boom-boom, woh-oh.
Shot im in the head, boom-boom, woh-oh.
Shot im in the head, boom-boom, woh-oh.
Shot im in the head, boom-boom.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
