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Bill Haley

Bill Haley's Chicks

Decca DL-8821
Jan / 1959

Produced by Milt Gabler

Cover image of Bill Haley's Chicks

Bill Haley – vocal/guitar
Franny Beecher – guitar
Billy Williamson – steel/vocal
Al Rex – bass
Ralph Jones – drums
Johnny Grande – piano
Rudy Pompilli - sax/clarinet

1.

Whoa Mabel

Bill Haley - Milt Gabler - Rusty Keefer - Catherine Cafra

© Keefer Music, ASCAP

Well a new girl moved across the street
Whoa Mabel
A rockin' darling quite complete
Whoa Mabel
A long tall gal from Tennessee
Whoa Mabel
And the way she rocks is killing me
Whoa Mabel

Well I took her to a record hop
Whoa Mabel
Thought that chick would never stop
Whoa Mabel
Parked her gum on a saxophone
Whoa Mabel
Kicked off her shoes and said "I'm home"
Whoa Mabel

Well the band went "zoom" and Mabel flipped
Whoa Mabel
That chick grabbed me in a crazy grip
Whoa Mabel
Picked me up and whirled me 'round
Whoa Mabel
I went eight-foot up and ten-foot down
Whoa Mabel

I got a gal lives on a hill
Whoa Mabel
She won't dance but her sister will
Whoa Mabel
Took me out all over town
Whoa Mabel
Rocked me up and rocked me down
Whoa Mabel

Well a new girl moved across the street
Whoa Mabel
A rockin' darling quite complete
Whoa Mabel
A long tall gal from Tennessee
Whoa Mabel
And the way she rocks is killing me
Whoa Mabel

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2.

Ida Sweet As Apple Cider

Eddie Leonard - Eddie Munson

© April Music, ASCAP


*****

3.

Eloise

Bill Haley - Milt Gabler - Rusty Keefer - Catherine Cafra

© Keefer Music, ASCAP


*****

4.

Dinah

Joe Young - Sam Lewis - Harry Akst

© Mills Music, ASCAP

Dinah is there anyone finer
In the state of Carolina
If there is and you know her
Show her to me

Dinah with your Dixie eyes blazin'
How I love to sit and gaze in
To the eyes of Dinah Lee

Well every night
Why do I shake with fright
Because my Dinah might
Change her mind about me

Dinah if she wandered to China
I would hop an ocean liner
Just to be with Dinah Lee

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5.

Skinny Minnie

Bill Haley - Milt Gabler - Rusty Keefer - Catherine Cafra

© Keefer Music, ASCAP

My skinny Minnie is a crazy chick
Six foot high and one foot thick
Well do I love her does a boy love pie
Well she is the apple of my eye

Skinny Minnie
She ain't skinny
She's tall that's all
Oh yeah she's somethin' else

Well tho' her shadow doesn't take much ground
Well what there is really gets around
Well what there ain't that's what she be
And even that's way too much for me

Skinny Minnie
She ain't skinny
She's tall that's all
Yeah

Well slightly slimmer than a fishing pole
She's one half rock and the other half roll
Well dig that chick from either side
And man you'll yell "Where did she hide"

Skinny Minnie
She ain't skinny
She's tall that's all

Man she's double king size
Tree top tall
Man she's a long drink on a mountaintop

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6.

Mary Mary Lou

Cayet Mangiaracina

© Unichappell Music, BMI

Mary Mary Lou
Why must you do
The things that you always do

I've been here a-crying
Sipping and a-sighing
To think it's only over you

The other night you told me
You were gonna marry
Someone who's in love with you

And all this time I used to
Be your golden rooster
But now I can see that we are through

Mary Mary Mary Lou
What in the world is the matter with you
You know that you doing me wrong

Mary Mary Mary Lou
What in the world is the matter with you
And now you want to say so long

Mary Mary Lou
Why must you do
The things that you always do

I've been here a-crying
Sipping and a-sighing
To think it's only over you

The other night you told me
You were gonna marry
Someone who's in love with you

And all this time I used to
Be your golden rooster
But now I can see that we are through

Mary Mary Mary Lou
What in the world is the matter with you
You know that you doing me wrong

Mary Mary Mary Lou
What in the world is the matter with you
And now you want to say so long

Mary Mary Mary Lou
What in the world is the matter with you

Mary Mary Mary Lou
What in the world is the matter with you

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7.

Sweet Sue Just You

Will Harris - Victor Young

© Shapiro-Bernstein Co, ASCAP


*****

8.

B.B. Betty

Bill Haley - Milt Gabler - Rusty Keefer - Catherine Cafra

© Keefer Music, ASCAP


*****

9.

Charmaine

Erno Rapee - Lew Pollack

© Miller Music, ASCAP

I wonder why you keep me waiting
Charmaine my Charmaine
I wonder when bluebirds are mating
Will you come back again

I wonder if I keep on praying
Will our dreams still seem the same
I wonder if you ever think of me too
Charmaine I'm waiting just for you

I wonder if I keep on praying
Will our dreams still seem the same
I wonder if you ever think of me too
Charmaine I'm waiting just for you

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10.

Corrine Corrina

Mitchell Parish - Mayo Williams - Bo Chatman

© Mills Music, ASCAP

Corrine Corrina
Where you been so long
Corrine Corrina
Where you been so long
I ain't had no lovin'
Since you've been gone

Corrine Corrina
Where'd you go last night
Corrine Corrina
Where'd you go last night
Came in this morning
The sun was shinin' bright

Well I love Corrina
Tell the world I do
Yeah I love Corrina
Tell the world I do
Well I miss you baby
When I'm away from you

Corrine Corrina
If you cheat on me
Corrine Corrina
If you cheat on me
Some day they'll plant you
Beneath an apple tree

Corrine Corrina
Where you been so long
Corrine Corrina
Where you been so long
I ain't had no lovin'
Since you've been gone

Corrine Corrina
If you'd just be true
Corrine Corrina
If you'd just be true
I'd go out and find
A steady job for you

Corrine Corrina
Where'd you get those eyes
Corrine Corrina
Where'd you get those eyes
'Cause the right one's fibbing
And the left one lies

Well I love Corrina
Tell the world I do
Well I love Corrina
Tell the world I do
Well I miss you baby
When I'm away from you

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11.

Marie

Irving Berlin

© Irving Berlin Music, ASCAP

Marie the dawn is breaking
Marie you'll soon be waking
To find your heart is breaking
And tears will fall as you recall

The moon in all its splendor
The kiss so very very tender
The words will you surrender
To me oh my Marie

Oh Marie the dawn is breaking
Marie you'll soon be waking
To find your heart is breaking
And tears will fall as you recall

The moon in all its splendor
The kiss so very very tender
The words will you surrender
To me my little Marie

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12.

(# 67 pop hit)

Lean Jean

Stella Lee - Ralph Jones - Johnny Grande - Rudy Pompilli

© Keefer-Kinder Music, BMI

I got a gal and she's long and thin
Real nice condition for the shape she's in
Every time I see her boy I do a spin
Lean Jean seventeen

She fell in a beauty shop to get away
The owner said "I dig your wig but you need a shave"
And yet there's something 'bout her makes me be her slave
Lean Jean seventeen

I got a gal and she's long and thin
Real nice condition for the shape she's in
Every time I see her boy I do a spin
Lean Jean seventeen

Jeannie baby's knock-kneed in her bobby socks
I'm so barrel-legged when the rhythm rocks
When we stroll together we spell OX
Lean Jean seventeen

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