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Surfer Joe:The Surfaris.
Top of the charts in 1962 & '63.
B-side of the record was the instrumental,
'Wipe Out.'
#1. (Capo 1st fret for original.)
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Down in Doheny where the surfers all go,
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there's a big bleach blondie, named Surfer Joe.
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He's got a green surfboard and a Woody to match,
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and when he's ridin' the freeway's,
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man, is he hard to catch.
CHORUS:
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Surfer Joe..Now, look at him go..whoa..whoa..whoa,
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Surfer, Surfer, Surfer Joe-o-o..Go man go-o-o.
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Oh-oh, oh, oh, oh, Surfer Joe.
#2.
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I saw him one day flyin' down the road,
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with tenty-six surfboards and a hundred pound load.
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I knew where he was headin,' tryin' to reach..
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the playground of the surfers, Doheny Beach.
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#3.
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He went down to Huntington Beach one week,
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for the annual surfer's convention meet.
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Hangin' five and walkin' the nose and when
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the meet was over, the trophy was Joe's.
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#4.
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Surfer Joe joined Uncle Sam's Marines today,
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they stationed him at Pendleton, not far away.
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they cut off his big blonde locks, I'm told,
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and when he went on manoeuvers, Joe caught cold.
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#5.
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Now, no, that didn't stop him, or keep him away.
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When the surf was up, he still had his day.
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They caught him at the Trestle, down by the sea,
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and now, poor Joe is doin' K.P.
CHORUS:
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.