The Name Game - Shirley Ellis The name game Shirley Shirley shirley bo birley bonana fanna fo firley Fee fy mo mirley Shirley Lincoln Lincoln lincoln bo bincoln bonana fanna fo fincoln Fee fy mo mincoln Lincoln Come on everybody I say now let's play a game I betcha I can make a rhyme Out of anybody's name The first letter of the name I treat it like it wasn't there But a b or an f Or an m will appear And then I say bo add a b then I Say the name and bonana fanna and a Fo And then I say the name again with an f Very plain And a fee fy and a mo And then I say the name again with an m This time And there isn't any name that I can't rhyme Arnold Arnold arnold bo barnold bonana fanna fo farnold Fee fy mo marnold Arnold But if the first two letters are ever the same I drop them both and say the name like Bob bob drop the b's bo ob Fred fred drop the f's fo red For Mary Mary drop the m's mo ary That's the only rule that is contrary Okay Now say bo bo Now tony with a b bony Then bonana fanna fo bonana fanna fo Then you say the name again with an f very Plain fony Then a fee fy and a mo fee fy mo Then you say the name again with an m this Time mony And there isn't any name that you can't rhyme Everybody view tony Tony tony bo bo ney Bo na na fanna fo fo ney Fee fi mo mo ney Tony Very good Let's do billy Billy billy bo gil ly bo na na Fanna fo fil ly Fee fi mo mil ly Billy Very good Let's do marsha Marsha marsha bo bar sha Bo na na fanna fo far sha Fee fi mo ar sha Marsha A little trick with nick Nick nick bo bick bo na na Fanna fo fick fee fi mo mick Nick The name game
[00:00.150]The Name Game - Shirley Ellis [00:03.132]The name game [00:05.357]Shirley [00:06.157]Shirley shirley bo birley bonana fanna fo firley [00:09.175]Fee fy mo mirley [00:11.445]Shirley [00:14.271]Lincoln [00:15.55]Lincoln lincoln bo bincoln bonana fanna fo fincoln [00:17.847]Fee fy mo mincoln [00:20.421]Lincoln [00:23.879]Come on everybody [00:26.221]I say now let's play a game [00:29.166]I betcha I can make a rhyme [00:32.148]Out of anybody's name [00:35.103]The first letter of the name [00:37.983]I treat it like it wasn't there [00:41.82]But a b or an f [00:43.968]Or an m will appear [00:46.444]And then I say bo add a b then I [00:48.820]Say the name and bonana fanna and a [00:51.591]Fo [00:52.702]And then I say the name again with an f [00:54.966]Very plain [00:55.719]And a fee fy and a mo [00:58.456]And then I say the name again with an m [01:00.759]This time [01:01.543]And there isn't any name that I can't rhyme [01:06.920]Arnold [01:07.707]Arnold arnold bo barnold bonana fanna fo farnold [01:10.639]Fee fy mo marnold [01:13.19]Arnold [01:15.869]But if the first two letters are ever the same [01:19.255]I drop them both and say the name like [01:22.207]Bob bob drop the b's bo ob [01:25.101]Fred fred drop the f's fo red [01:27.749]For Mary Mary drop the m's mo ary [01:30.972]That's the only rule that is contrary [01:34.931]Okay [01:36.261]Now say bo bo [01:38.08]Now tony with a b bony [01:39.569]Then bonana fanna fo bonana fanna fo [01:42.187]Then you say the name again with an f very [01:43.942]Plain fony [01:45.370]Then a fee fy and a mo fee fy mo [01:47.938]Then you say the name again with an m this [01:49.969]Time mony [01:50.902]And there isn't any name that you can't rhyme [01:55.95]Everybody view tony [01:57.69]Tony tony bo bo ney [01:58.317]Bo na na fanna fo fo ney [01:59.995]Fee fi mo mo ney [02:02.359]Tony [02:03.479]Very good [02:04.258]Let's do billy [02:05.794]Billy billy bo gil ly bo na na [02:07.554]Fanna fo fil ly [02:08.703]Fee fi mo mil ly [02:11.59]Billy [02:12.101]Very good [02:13.60]Let's do marsha [02:14.446]Marsha marsha bo bar sha [02:15.753]Bo na na fanna fo far sha [02:17.423]Fee fi mo ar sha [02:19.766]Marsha [02:21.520]A little trick with nick [02:23.114]Nick nick bo bick bo na na [02:24.914]Fanna fo fick fee fi mo mick [02:28.480]Nick [02:30.282]The name game