The Purple People Eater Meets the Witch - Joe South

While strolling through the woods

Not so far from town

I got real shook

I heard the strangest sound

I saw the Purple People Eater

And to my surprise

I saw the Witch Doctor sittin' by his side

Woah!

The Witch Doctor had a guitar in his hand

They were boppin' and a-rockin'

With a two-piece band

Well the Purple was a blowin'

Like a People Eater should

The Witch Doctor picked

Like a Johnny B. Goode

They went a-

(Oooh eee

Oooh ah ah

Ting tang

Walla walla bing bang)

Yeah, the Doctor got trouble

When the People Eater said

«The girls keep a-laughin'

At the horn in my head»

Then the Witch Doctor smiled

And I heard him say

(Yeah man, you’re ugly

But you sure can play)

Well there in the moonlight

It seemed so strange

While he played a little chorus of-a

Home on the Range

They were comin' in strong

Like a rock n' roll star

With the craziest beat

This side of Mars

They went a-

(Oooh eee

Oooh ah ah

Ting tang

Walla walla bing bang)

Yeah, these cats from outer space

They were givin' it all

I could tell the way they jumped it

They were havin' a ball

They had me pattin' my feet

And just a-clappin' my hands

They stopped just long enough to say

(Crazy man)

Yeah

Twilight time

When the sun goes down

Way back up in the woods

Along the edge of town

Yeah, the people all gather

From a-miles around

To hear Doc and Ol' Purple with that crazy sound

They went a-

(Oooh eee

Oooh ah ah

Ting tang

Walla walla bing bang)

One more time

(Okay)

(Oooh eee

Oooh ah ah

Ting tang

Walla walla bing bang)

(Wait til they see us on the Bandstand

Crazy man, crazy

Walla walla bing bang)

(Ha ha ha ha)