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Louie Louie
This page links to question 143 of the Oldies Quiz
Louie Louie
words and music by Richard Berry
Number 1 song for 3 weeks on 77 WABC, New York's
weekly surveys in 1963 for The Kingsmen
Billboard's number 21 song of the year 1963
Louie, Louie Oh no
I say me got to go Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
I said Louie, Louie oh, baby!
I say me got to go, now.
A fine little girl she waits for me.
I catch a ship across the sea.
I sail that ship all alone
I never know how I make it home.
Louie, Louie Oh no
I say me got to go Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
I said Louie, Louie oh, baby!
Say me got to go, now.
Night and day I sail the sea,
I think of her constantly.
On the ship I dream see her there,
I smell the rose that-a in her hair.
I say-a Louie, Louie Oh no
Me got to go Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
I said Louie, Louie, oh, baby
Say me got to go, now.
Give it to me right now! (Screamed)*
Guitar Riff
I see Jamaica the moon above
It won't be long I see me love
To take her in me arms and then
I tell her I never leave her again.
I say-a Louie, Louie Oh baby, say,
Me got to go, now. Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
I say-a Louie, Louie, oh, baby
Say, me got to go, now.
* This is an adlibbed line found only in The Kingsmen's version
and certainly could have sent up a red flag to censors who couldn't
understand the other lyrics.
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