This week for Song Lyric Sunday and Love is in Da Blog, Bee wanted us to write about a song I loved as a child. The Purple People Eater is certainly a childish song. But it’s fun! Having said that, it kind of confuddles the editor in me now for its misleading title. Is the Purple People Eater one-eyed, one-horned, flying monster that’s purple and eats people? Or does it only eat purple people? You’ll have to read the lyrics to find out.
The Purple People Eater by Sheb Wooley
Well I saw the thing comin’ out of the sky
It had the one long horn, one big eye
I commenced to shakin’ and I said “ooh-eee”
It looks like a purple eater to me
It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin’ purple people eater
(One-eyed, one-horned, flyin’ purple people eater)
A one-eyed, one-horned, flyin’ purple people eater
Sure looks strange to me (One eye?)
Well he came down to earth and he lit in a tree
I said Mr. Purple People Eater, don’t eat me
I heard him say in a voice so gruff
I wouldn’t eat you cuz you’re so tough
It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin’ purple people eater
One-eyed, one-horned flyin’ purple people eater
One-eyed, one-horned, flyin’ purple people eater
Sure looks strange to me (One horn?)
I said Mr. Purple People Eater, what’s your line
He said it’s eatin’ purple people and it sure is fine
But that’s not the reason that I came to land
I wanna get a job in a rock and roll band
Well bless my soul, rock and roll, flyin’ purple people eater
Pigeon-toed, undergrowed, flyin’ purple people eater
(We wear short shorts)
Flyin’ purple people eater
Sure looks strange to me
And then he swung from the tree and he lit on the ground
He started to rock, really rockin’ around
It was a crazy ditty with a swingin’ tune
Sing a boop boop aboopa lopa lum bam boom
Well bless my soul, rock and roll, flyin’ purple people eater
Pigeon-toed, undergrowed, flyin’ purple people eater
I like short shorts
Flyin’ little people eater
Sure looks strange to me (Purple People?)
And then he went on his way, and then what do ya know
I saw him last night on a TV show
He was blowing it out, a’really knockin’ em dead
Playin’ rock and roll music through the horn in his head
(clarinet solo)
Read more: Sheb Wooley – The Purple People Eater Lyrics | MetroLyrics
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February 23, 2016 at 6:58 pm
That’s always been a favorite, along with the itsy bitsy bikini song. At least now maybe I can get rid of the earworm that’s been plaguing me for several days.
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February 24, 2016 at 11:05 am
I hope so! Then again replacing one earworm for another can be just as annoying. 😛
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February 22, 2016 at 4:38 pm
Never heard this one but it’s fun and reminded me a little of “Puff the magic dragon.”
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February 22, 2016 at 7:31 pm
That was another one of my favourites when I was a kid! 😀 Thanks so much for the prompt, Bee. 😀
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February 23, 2016 at 12:29 am
You are welcome 🙂
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February 22, 2016 at 11:54 am
OH!! I remember this one!!
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February 22, 2016 at 7:28 pm
You only have to have heard it once to remember it, I think. 😛 😀
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February 23, 2016 at 2:49 am
That is so true!!
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February 22, 2016 at 8:17 am
From the hometown of Sheb Wooley/Slim Whitman (Jacksonville, FL) thanks for sharing.
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February 22, 2016 at 6:44 pm
I did not know that, Don! You’re welcome. 😀
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February 21, 2016 at 10:38 pm
I remember that song from when I was a kid as well. Very funny! One of my earlier faves. 🙂
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February 21, 2016 at 11:12 pm
It’s a classic! 😀
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February 21, 2016 at 11:17 pm
Definitely! 😀
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February 21, 2016 at 10:36 pm
I really needed the light-hearted whimsy from that song today. Great choice, Linda! 😀
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February 21, 2016 at 11:10 pm
Thanks, Helen. And thanks for the prompt! I’m glad my song gave you a lift. 🙂
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February 21, 2016 at 9:32 pm
Bwahahaha! That’s a blast from the past. Thanks for the memories Linda. 🙂
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February 21, 2016 at 11:08 pm
You’re welcome, Paul. 😀 Glad you enjoyed it.
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February 21, 2016 at 9:28 pm
I had to sing the song to myself…haha…I always loved that song! 🙂
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February 21, 2016 at 11:06 pm
It’s difficult not to sing along, isn’t it? 😀
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February 21, 2016 at 9:27 pm
Loved that song, too!
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February 21, 2016 at 11:03 pm
How can you not? 😀
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February 21, 2016 at 9:06 pm
How funny! I haven’t heard that song forever! Love it. Thanks for the memories. 😀
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February 21, 2016 at 11:01 pm
You’re welcome. 😀
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February 21, 2016 at 8:55 pm
LOL! I’d totally forgotten about that song! Thanks for sharing a link to it, since as soon as I saw the title I couldn’t get it out of my head 😀
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February 21, 2016 at 10:59 pm
Hehe. That’s one hell of an earworm. 😛 Glad it made you smile, Jeanne! 😀
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February 21, 2016 at 8:51 pm
🙂 Nice
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February 21, 2016 at 8:52 pm
😀
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