![]() ![]() Well bless my soul a rock'n roll flyin' purple people eater. Well bless my soul a rock'n roll flyin' purple people eater Pigeon-toed underfloor flyin' purple people eater (We wear short shorts) Friendly little purple people eater what a sight to seeĪnd then he swing from the tree and he laid on the ground Then he started to rock really rockin' around He was crazy kiddie with a swingin' tune (Sing a bop bop a boopa rim bam boom) Sheb Wooley, who played cowpoke Pete Nolan, appeared in 110 episodes. I said Mr Purple People Eater what's your line He said 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'n roll band) Well it came down to earth and it lived 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 cause you're so tough) It was 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 looked strange to me (one horn) It was 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 looked strange to me (one eye) The group had two other songs make the Top 100 "Harvey's Got A Girl Friend" (At #78 in 1958) and "Believe Me" (at #26 in 1959).Well I saw the thing a comin' out of the sky It had a one long horn and one big eye I commits a shakin' and I said oo-ooee It looks like a purple people eater to me Sheb Wooley uses the same sped-up tape effect for the voice of the Purple People Eater that David Seville also uses for the title character in his 'Witch Doctor' that same year (and that Seville later used for The Chipmunks). Two weeks earlier on January 21st, 1958 it entered Billboard's Top 100 chart eventually it peaked at #3 and spent 16 weeks on the Top 100. 'The Purple People Eater' is the novelty classic and a 1 hit in its day. ![]()
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