The Hollies: Hey Willy


Record Info:

Manufactured: PARLOPHONE

Catalogue Number: 4C 006-92534 M

Released: 1971

Language: English

Side A: Riders Hey Willy

(Clarke - Cook - Greenaway)

Side B: Row The Boat Together

(Clarke)

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Hey Willy

Hey Willie your mama 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
'Cause the bad man's smiling
every time he sees you comin' yeah

Willie is the singer in a rock'n'roll band
Every time he shows his face
put away your
Oh yeah Willie's gonna show them now
No no no no Willie's gonna go somehow

My name's Willie gonna turn on the lights
playing rock'n'roll music to early early night
Can't stop dancing to the rhythm in your feet
Listen to the drummer Yeah listen to the beat
Oh yeah Willie's gonna show them now
No no no no Willie's gonna go somehow

Hey Willie 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
'Cause the bad man's smiling
every time he sees you comin' yeah

Willie is the singer in a rock'n'roll band
Every time he shows his face
put away you
Oh yeah Willie's gonna show them now
No no no no Willie's gonna go somehow 

Row The Boat Together
 

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

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

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