Harry The Hairy Ape Lyrics - Ray Stevens

Well, a strange thing happened the other night 

You won't believe it, but I swear it's true 

Harry the hairy ape made his escape from the city zoo 

And under cover of darkness he made his way 

To the middle of the municipal park 

And he hid in the bushes and waited for somebody to come 

Walkin' along by himself 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 and down and he say 

"Woo hoo hee hee hoo hoo" 

Which is Harry ape talk for 

"Boo, I betcha I scared you, ha ha" 

Scared that poor cat so bad his eyes bugged out 

His hair turned white 

He ran off through the municipal park 

Screamin', hollerin', tearin' up the shrub 

Diggin' up the lawn and knock down the 

Keep off the grass sign, run through the 

Hurricane fence, fell into the municipal park 

Swimming pool and drowned himself 

Well, Harry thought this was the funniest thing 

That he had ever seen and he laughed, "Ha ha" 

Jumped back in the bushes and 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 come, not suspectin' nothin' 

Harry jump out of the bushes all of a sudden 

Beat on his chest, jump up and down and he say 

"Woo hoo hee hee hoo hoo" 

Which is Harry ape talk for 

"Boo, I betcha I scared you, ha ha" 

Man, that radio announcer didn't even bad an eye 

He was so near-sighted he thought 

Harry was a rock 'n' roll singer 

So he gave him the old glad hand 

Slapped him on the back, smiled 

Said, "Don't worry, baby, I'm gonna play the record 

Then he said, "Bye", bopped on off down the sidewalk 

Every 4 5 steps he'd stop and doin' a little mash potatoes 

Harry just stood there watching till he got out of sight 

Man he didn't know what to think I mean it really shook him up 

He run back to his cage as fast as he can go 

And jump up on his little swing put both hands over his eyes 

And didn't look for 3 hours and 45 minutes 

But that's not the end of the story, no 

Here's what happened 

Well the DJ played Harry's record 

What record? 

Shut up it was a hit and he became a star 

He got him some tight britches, got him a manager 

Went on a promotion tour, combed his hair back 

And took up playin' the guitar 

And every Sunday afternoon 

You can go see Harry at the zoo 

And the girls will scream and he'll sit on his swing 

And pick and sing his hit record for you 

Hoo hoo hoo 

Hoo hoo hoo 

Hoo hoo hoo 

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