"Harry the Hairy Ape" by Ray Stevens

Well, a strange thing happened the other night
You wont believe it, but I swear its true
Harry the hairy ape made his escape from the city zoo
& under cover of darkness he made his way
To the middle of the municipal park
& he hid in the bushes & waited for somebody to come
Walkin along by hiself in the dark
Then along come somebody not suspectin nothin
Harry jump out of the bushes all of a sudden
Beat on his chest 
Jump up & down & he say:
Wooo-hoo-hee-hee-hoo-hoo...
Which is Harry-Ape talk for Boo, I betcha I scared you, ha
ha!

Waaa!  Scared that poor cat so bad his eyes bugged out, his
hair turned white!
He ran off through the municipal park, screamin, hollerin,
diggin up the lawn,
  tearin up the shrub & knock down the Keep off the grass
sign, run through the
  hurricane fence, fell into the municipal park swimming
pool & drowned hiself!  Woo
  hoo!

Well, Harry thought this was the funniest thing that he had
ever seen
& he laughed Ha ha, jumped back in the bushes & got ready to
do it again
The next guy to come along was the near-sighted local DJ
Just boppin down the sidewalk on his way to work with a box
of records on his arm
  that he was gonna play
So here he come, not suspectin nothin
Harry jump out of the bushes all of a sudden
Beat on his chest 
Jump up & down & he say:
Wooo-hoo-hee-hee-hoo-hoo...
Which is Harry-Ape talk for Smile, youre on candid camera!

Man, that DJ was so near-sighted he thought Harry was a rock
n roll singer!
So he gave him the old glad hand, smiled, slapped him on the
back, sayin,
Dont worry, baby, Im gonna play the record cause youre too
cool, too cool, too
cool! & he said bye, bopped on off down the sidewalk every 4
or 5 steps hed stop &
turn around,
  doin a little boogaloo-shing-a-ling!
Well, this really shook Harry up, I mean it blew his whole
bit, you know, ruined his
whole day So he run back to his cage as fast as he can go,
jump up on his little swing,
put both hands
  over his eyes & didnt look for 3 hours & 45 minutes.  But
thats not the end of the
  story
Heres what happened:

The DJ played Harrys record  Shut up!
It was a hit and he became a star
Got him some tight britches, got him a manager
Went on a promotion tour, combed his hair back & took up
playin the guitar
& every Sunday afternoon you can go see Harry at the zoo
& the girls will scream & hell sit on his swing & pick &
sing his hit record for you

:
Shoo-be-doo-wa-shoo-be-doo wa, shoo-be-doo wa-shoo-be-doo wa