Oop-Pop-A-Da

Young Tiger - Calypso Be (1953) 

  This modern music's got me confused, 
  To tell you friends I'm quite unenthused. 
  This modern music's got me confused, 
  To tell you friends I'm quite unenthused. 

  I like Pee Wee Hunt or the great Count Basie 
  But can't make head nor tail of this Dizzy Gillespie 

  With his 
  Oop-pop-a-da 
  Be-a-ba-du-la-be-plee 
  Ple-oobly-oobly-oobly-oobie 
  Chum-cheeree-a-bah 
  Oop-pop-a-dee-de-doom ah-ah! 

  Dizzy Gillespie is the creator 
  Of this new style along in co with Charlie Parker, 
  Coleman Hawkins, Howard McGhee - 
  They all indulge in this monstrosity 

  They take a major seventh and a flated ninth 
  Two ool-ya-koos and a half a pint 

  Then 
  Oop-pop-a-da 
  Be-a-ba-du-la-be-plee 
  Ple-oobly-oobly-oobly-oobie 
  Chum-cheeree-a-bah 
  Oop-pop-a-dee-de-doom ah-ah! 

  The beboppers you see around 
  They all converse in a special tongue 
  "Ool-ya-koo" and "eel-ya-da" 
  One means "hello", the other "ta ta". 

  They call a man "a cat" and a girl "a chick", 
  And they're up to all kinds of shady tricks 

  With their 
  Oop-pop-a-da 
  Be-a-ba-du-la-be-plee 
  Ple-oobly-oobly-oobly-oobie 
  Chum-cheeree-a-bah 
  Oop-pop-a-dee-de-doom ah-ah! 

  In conclusion I must now say 
  The bebop boys they know how to play 
  But that music is not for me 
  So take it back Mr.  Gillespie 

  You better take it back to 52nd Street 
  With your high speed riffs and stacatto beats 

  And your 
  Oop-pop-a-da 
  Be-a-ba-du-la-be-plee 
  Ple-oobly-oobly-oobly-oobie 
  Chum-cheeree-a-bah 
  Oop-pop-a-dee-de-doom ah-ah! 
  Ah-ah!