The Hollies
Mickeys Monkey
(Eddie Holland/Lamont Dozier/Brian Holland)
Track 12 (final) on album 'The Hollies' september 1965

{intro on drums and guitar}

Lom dee lom de lie (Lom dee lom de lie)
Whoa lom dee lome de lie ay (Lom dee lome de lie ay)

A cute little dance came out of town (Lom dee lom de lie)
There's been a new dance all around (Lom dee lom de lie ay)

Just a matter of today (Lom dee lom de lie)
This dance became a new teenage craze (Lom dee lom de lie ay)
People began to sing, they began to see (Lom dee lom de lie)
See them capture that monkey thing (Lom dee lom de lie ay)
As well as under the under the sea (Lom dee lom de lie)
Well everybody was doing the Monkey (Lom dee lome de lie lie ay)

Do the Monkey
Mickey's Monkey
Do the Monkey
Mickey's Monkey

Whoa lom dee lom de lie (Lom dee lom de lie)
whoa lom dee lome de lie ay (Lom dee lome de lie ay)
Whoa Lom dee lom de lie (Lom dee lom de lie)
yeah yeah yeah lom dee lome de lie ay (Lom dee lome de lie ay)

{harmonica interlude}

Monkey see monkey do (Lom dee lom dee lie)
Monkey see monkey do (Lom dee lom dee lie)

C'mon let's do the Monkey til we (do the Mickey's Monkey)
Yeah yeah do the Mickey's Monkey til we (Do the Mickey's Monkey)

Do the Monkey (Do the Monkey)
Mickey's Monkey (Mickey's Monkey)
Do the Monkey (Do the Monkey)
Mickey's Monkey (Mickey's Monkey)
Do the Monkey (Do the Monkey)
Mickey's Monkey (Mickey's Monkey)
Yeah yeah