How about Surfin' Bird by the Trashmen?
Would that be completely useless to Doug or what?
Pa-pa-pa ooh mao-mao
Pa-pa ooh mao mao
Pa-pa-pa ooh mao-mao
Pa-pa ooh mao mao
Well don't you know about the bird?
Everybody knows that the bird is the word!
Pa-pa-pa ooh mao-mao
Pa-pa ooh mao mao
Pa-pa-pa ooh mao-mao
Pa-pa ooh mao mao
etc.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll
Would that be completely useless to Doug or what?
Pa-pa-pa ooh mao-mao
Pa-pa ooh mao mao
Pa-pa-pa ooh mao-mao
Pa-pa ooh mao mao
Well don't you know about the bird?
Everybody knows that the bird is the word!
Pa-pa-pa ooh mao-mao
Pa-pa ooh mao mao
Pa-pa-pa ooh mao-mao
Pa-pa ooh mao mao
etc.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll