the name game
shirley
shirley shirley boberley
bonana fanna foferley
fee fi momerley
shirley
lincoln
lincoln lincoln bobincoln
bonana fanna fofincoln
fee fi momincoln
lincoln
come on everybody
i say now let’s play a game
i betcha i could 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
then bonana fanna and fo
and then i say the name again with an f very plain
then a fee fi 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
4
arnold
arnold arnold bobarnold
bonana fanna fofarnold
fee fi momarnold
arnold
5
but if the first two letters are ever the same
i drop them both then say the name
like bob bob drop the b’s boob
or fred fred drop the f’s fored
or mary mary drop the m’s moary
that’s the only rule that is contrary
okay now say bo bo
now tony with a b boney
then bonana fanna and fo bonana fanna fo
then you say the name again with an f very plain foney
then a fee fi and a mo fee fi mo
then you say the name again with an m this time money
and there isn’t any name that you can’t rhyme
6
everybody do tony
tony tony boboney
bonana fanna fofoney
fee fi momoney
tony
7
pretty good let’s do billy
billy billy bogilly
bonana fanna fofilly
fee fi momilly
billy
8
very good now let’s do marsha
marsha marsha bobarsha
bonana fanna fofarsha
fee fi moarsha
marsha
9
a little trick with nick
nick nick bobick
bonana fanna fofick
fee fi momick
nick
the name game
Artist: Shirley Ellis
Year: 1964
Decade: 60s
Language: en
Word Count: 194