FREDDY AND HIS GO-CART

w & m by John D. Loudermilk
(c)1960 Acuff-Rose Publ. Inc.

Betty used to be my sweetie baby
She used to be my sweetheart
Until here lately she's gone plumb crazy
Over Freddy and new his go-cart
I called Betty on the telephone
But Betty's never, ever, ever, ever at home
She's out with Freddy at a go-cart race
Lord-a, mercy, seems I've been replaced, by...

Do do do doot-n, do do doot-n, do do doot-n
do do doot-n, do do doot-n, ...

Now I used to take Betty out a riding
In my convertible and win her heart
But now I feel like going into hiding
Cause Freddy's doing it with his go-cart
My motor turns three hundred horse pow'r
Freddy's top speed's twenty miles an hour
But out on the shopping center parking lot
Freddy is winning my Betty's heart, with his...

Do do do doot-n, do do doot-n, do do doot-n
do do doot-n, do do doot-n, ...

Now Betty used to tell me that I was her hero
And nothing ever could keep us apart
But here lately I've been batting zero
I'm running competition with a go-cart
I gotta do something 'bout my baby
She's falling fast in love with Freddy
People laugh at me and say it's over
Betty's digging that Briggs & Stratton motor, with it's...

Do do do doot-n, do do doot-n, do do doot-n
do do doot-n, do do doot-n, ...

(source: Standard Songs Pop/ Country/ Blues/ Folk/ Instumentals/ Novelty, Acuff-Rose Publications Inc. 1956-1973)

 

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