Hey Willy / Row The Boat Together

Type Singles
Release Date 01-05-1971
Chart Position 22
Label Parlophone
Catalogue No R5905
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  1. Hey Willy (Clarke / Cook / Greenaway)
  2. Row The Boat Together (Clarke)

 

Hey Willy (Clarke / Cook / Greenaway)
Hey Willy your mother calls you Billy
Your father calls you silly
But you really are a pretty one

Hey baby you're dressing like a lady
The fellows call you Sadie
But you really are a pretty one

You don't care what they say about your hair
'Cos the bank man smiles
Every time he sees you comin' yeh

Willy is the singer in a rock'n'roll band
Every time he shows his face
He gets to put away a grand oh yeh

Willy's gonna show them now
Na-na na-na Willy's gonna go somehow

Man is name is Willy gonna turn on the light
Playing rock'n'roll music till early early night
Hands start clapping send the rhythm to your feet
Listen to the drummer Yeah listen to the beat oh yeh

Willy's gonna show them now
Na-na na-na Willy's gonna go somehow

Break

Hey Willy your mother calls you Billy
Your daddy calls you silly
But you really are a pretty one

Hey baby you're dressing like a lady
The fellows call you Sadie
But you really are a pretty one

You don't care what they say about your hair
'Cos the bank man smiles
Every time he sees you comin' yeh

Willy is the singer in a rock'n'roll band
Every time he shows his face
He gets to put away a grand oh yeh

Willy's gonna show them now
Na-na na-na Willy's gonna go somehow

 

Row The Boat Together (Clarke)
Standing by a riverside
A river so deep and so wide
Current's too strong for only one man
I know because I tried

I got eight oars -
Four on either side
Is there anybody with me
Eight hands four willing hearts
Won't someone answer my plea

Well I got in the boat
I stayed afloat
Some way across I was tiring
Well I need someone to help me
To get to the other side

Along came son of Alabama south
He said "I heard you calling
If you don't mind the colour of my skin
I'll help you not to fall in"

Then suddenly Joe from out of Tokyo
"If my eyes don't make you nervous
I used to handle a junk back home"
Said 'Can I be of service'

Well we got in the boat
We stayed afloat
Halfway across we were tiring
We got to row this boat together
To get to the other side

Break

Two more oars
Only one seat left
One more person to lean on
A brotherhood boat to a land called home
With our share of freedom

We got in the boat
Stayed afloat
There's no need to be tiring
We rowed this boat together
Happiness meets the other side
We rowed this boat together
Happiness meets the other side
We rowed this boat together
Happiness meets the other side

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