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Artist/Band: Arlo Guthrie
Lyrics for Song: Abiyoyo
Lyrics for Album: Other Songs - Arlo Guthrie



Story by Pete Seeger

traditional African music arranged by Rev. HCN Williams and JN Maselwa



Chorus:

Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo

Abiyoyo, yoyoyo, yoyoyo



Once upon a time there was a little boy who

played the ukelele. He'd go around town,

'Blmp, blmp, blmp, blmp, blmp, blmp, blmp,

bImp blmp blmp, blmp blmp, blmp!'

Grown-ups said "Get that thing out of here!"



Not only that, the boy's father was a gettin'

in trouble. He was a magician. He had a

magic wand. He could go 'Zoop! Zoop!' make

things disappear. But the father played too

many tricks on people. Somebody doing a

hard job of work, 'zzt, zzt, zzt', up comes the

father with his magic wand, 'Zoop!' no saw.

Come to someone about to drink a nice cold

glass of something, 'Zoop!' the glass

disappears, He'd come to someone about

to sit down after a hard day's work, 'Zoopl'

no chair.



People said to the father, "You get out

of here, too. Take your magic wand and

your son!" The boy and his father were

ostracized. That means they made them

live on the edge of town.



Now in this town they used to tell stories.

The old people used to tell stories about

the giants that lived in the old days They

used to tell a story about a giant called

Abiyoyo. They said he was as tall as a

house and could eat...people... up.

Of course, nobody believed it, but they

told the story anyway.



One day, one day, the sun rose, blood red

over the hill. And the first people got up

and looked out of their window, they saw a

great big shadow in front of the sun. And

they could feel the whole ground shake.

'Stomp, stomp'. Women screamed, 'Ahh!'

Strong men fainted "Ohh!" - "Run for

your lives! Abiyoyo's coming!"



He came to the sheep pasture, grabs a

whole sheep, 'Yeowp!' Comes to the cow

pasture, grabs a whole cow, 'Yeowp!'

Daniel, "Grab your most precious

possessions and run! Run!" Just then the

boy and his father woke up "Hey, Paw,

what's coming over the field?" - Oh, Son,

that's Abiyoyo. Oh, if I could only get him

to lie down, I could make him disappear."



The boy said "Come with me, Father." He

grabs his father by one hand. The father

gets the magic wand, the boy gets the

ukelele. They run across the field. People

yelled, "Don't go near him! He'll eat you

alive!" There was Abiyoyo. He had long

fingernails cause he never cut 'em.

Slobbery teeth, cause he didn't brush

them. Stinking feet, 'cause he didn't wash

'em. He raised up with his claws, the boy

whips out his ukelele and starts to sing.



Chorus



Well, you know the giant had never heard a song

about himself before, and a foolish grin spread

over the giant's face. And the giant started to

dance "Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo," the boy

went faster, "Abiyoyo, yoyoyo, yoyoyo. Abiyoyo,

Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo," The giant

got out of breath. He staggered. He fell down flat

on the ground 'Zoop!, Zoop!' people looked out

the window, Abiyoyo disappeared.



They ran across the fields. They lifted the boy

and his father up on their shoulders. They said,

"Come back to town. Bring your damn ukelele,

we don t care anymore!" And they all sang:



Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo

(Oh, you sing it with me,)

Abiyoyo Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo


Album Lyrics: Other Songs - Arlo Guthrie


Arlo Guthrie
"Other Songs - Arlo Guthrie"


1. 1913 Massacre
2. A Little A This N That
3. Abiyoyo
4. Alice's Restaurant
5. All Over The World
6. All This Stuff Takes Time
7. Amazing Grace
8. Anytime
9. Children Of Abraham
10. Circles
11. Days Are Short
12. De Colores
13. Deportees (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos)
14. Doors Of Heaven
15. Eli
16. Farewell O'gara
17. Guabi, Guabi
18. Guantanamera
19. Gypsy Davey
20. Hard Times
21. Here We Are/way Out In The Country
22. Hobo's Lullaby
23. I'll Be With You Tonight
24. I'm Changing My Name To Chrysler
25. I've Just Seen A Face
26. Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream
27. Lightning Bar Blues
28. Little Beggar Man
29. Lord Grenville
30. Major Blues
31. Me And My Goose
32. Miss The Mississippi And You
33. Moon Song
34. Mystic Journey
35. Oh Mom
36. One Night
37. Presidential Rag
38. Russian Girls
39. Satellite
40. Shackles And Chains
41. Solo Le Pido A Dios
42. Somebody Turned On The Light
43. Someday
44. St. Louis Tickle
45. Stairs
46. Story Of Reuben Clamzo & His Strange...
47. Tennessee Stud
48. The Gal I Left Behind
49. The Ross Perot Guide To Answering Embarassing Questions
50. The Streets Of Laredo
51. This Troubled Mind Of Mine
52. Ukulele Lady
53. Unemployment Line
54. Wabash Cannonball
55. Wake Up Dead
56. When A Soldier Makes It Home
57. Where Have All The Flowers Gone
58. Won't Be Long
59. Woody's Rag/hard Work
60. Goodnight Irene
61. In Dead Earnest
62. Nostalgia Rag
63. Philadelphia Lawyer
64. Precious Friend You Will Be There
65. The Sinking Of The Reuben James
66. Union Maid