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Bony Moronie: Larry Williams.
#14 in 1954.
***(There's been a lot of mix-ups on the lyrics
    for this one. Here are the originals from '54.)
    I believe the key was E.)***
   (I do it in A because that's the key I sing it in.)
#1.
AI got a girl named Bony Moronie.
She's as skinny as a stick of macaroni.
You Doughta see her dancin' with her blue jeans on.
She's Anot very fat, just skin and bone.
CHORUS:
I Elove her, and Dshe loves me,
EOh, how happy we Dgonna be,
makin' Alove underneath the apple tree.
#2.
AShe's my one and only, she's my hearts desire.
She's a real go-getter, she's a real live wire.
DEverybody turns as my baby walks by.
She's Asomethin' to see, really catches the eye.
CHORUS:
#3.
AI told her Mama, told her Papa, too.
Just exactly what we're gonna do.
We're Dgonna get married on a night in June.
And rock and Aroll by the light of the silvery moon.
CHORUS: (x2)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.

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Bony Moronie

by Larry Williams

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Bony Moronie: Larry Williams.

#14 in 1954.

***(There's been a lot of mix-ups on the lyrics

for this one. Here are the originals from '54.)

I believe the key was E.)***

(I do it in A because that's the key I sing it in.)

#1.

I got a girl named Bony Moronie.

She's as skinny as a stick of macaroni.

You oughta see her dancin' with her blue jeans on.

She's not very fat, just skin and bone.

CHORUS:

E D

I love her, and she loves me,

E D

Oh, how happy we gonna be,

makin' love underneath the apple tree.

#2.

She's my one and only, she's my hearts desire.

She's a real go-getter, she's a real live wire.

Everybody turns as my baby walks by.

She's somethin' to see, really catches the eye.

CHORUS:

#3.

I told her Mama, told her Papa, too.

Just exactly what we're gonna do.

We're gonna get married on a night in June.

And rock and roll by the light of the silvery moon.

CHORUS: (x2)

A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.

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