Ray Stevens - Harry The Hairy Ape Lyrics
Well, a strange thing happened the other night
You won't believe it, but I swear it's true
Harry the hairy ape made his escape from the city zoo
And under cover of darkness he made his way
To the middle of the municipal park
Walkin' along by himself in the dark
Then along come somebody not suspectin' nothin'
Harry jump out of the bushes all of a sudden
Beat on his chest, jump up and down and he say
"Woo hoo hee hee hoo hoo"
Which is Harry ape talk for
"Boo, I betcha I scared you, ha ha"
Scared that poor cat so bad his eyes bugged out
He ran off through the municipal park
Screamin', hollerin', tearin' up the shrub
Diggin' up the lawn and knock down the
Keep off the grass sign, run through the
Hurricane fence, fell into the municipal park
Swimming pool and drowned himself
Well, Harry thought this was the funniest thing
That he had ever seen and he laughed, "Ha ha"
Jumped back in the bushes and got ready to do it again
The next guy to come along was the near sighted local DJ
Just boppin' down the sidewalk on his way to work
With a box of records on his arm that he was gonna play
So here come, not suspectin' nothin'
Harry jump out of the bushes all of a sudden
Beat on his chest, jump up and down and he say
"Woo hoo hee hee hoo hoo"
Which is Harry ape talk for
"Boo, I betcha I scared you, ha ha"
Man, that radio announcer didn't even bad an eye
He was so near-sighted he thought
Harry was a rock 'n' roll singer
So he gave him the old glad hand
Slapped him on the back, smiled
Said, "Don't worry, baby, I'm gonna play the record
Then he said, "Bye", bopped on off down the sidewalk
Every 4 5 steps he'd stop and doin' a little mash potatoes
Harry just stood there watching till he got out of sight
Man he didn't know what to think I mean it really shook him up
He run back to his cage as fast as he can go
And jump up on his little swing put both hands over his eyes
And didn't look for 3 hours and 45 minutes
But that's not the end of the story, no
Here's what happened
Well the DJ played Harry's record
What record?
Shut up it was a hit and he became a star
He got him some tight britches, got him a manager
Went on a promotion tour, combed his hair back
And took up playin' the guitar
And every Sunday afternoon
You can go see Harry at the zoo
And the girls will scream and he'll sit on his swing
And pick and sing his hit record for you
Hoo hoo hoo
Hoo hoo hoo
Hoo hoo hoo
...
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Ray Stevens Harry The Hairy Ape Comments
The first time I've ever heard this song. I LOVE IT !!!!
"Weeeeellll, the Deejay played Harry's record"
"What record?"
"Shut Up!"
On this day in 1963 {June 10th} Ray Stevens performed "Harry the Hairy Ape" on the Dick Clark ABC-TV weekday-afternoon program, 'American Bandstand', he also also the guest host for this episode of 'Bandstand'...
At the time "Harry the Hairy Ape" was in it's first week on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart, it was at position #70, four weeks later it would peak at #17 {for 2 weeks} and it spent nine weeks on the Top 100...
It reached #14 on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart...
Between 1961 and 1979 the Georgia native had twenty seven records on the Hot Top 100 chart, four made the Top 10 with two reaching #1, "Everything Is Beautiful" for 2 weeks in 1970 and "The Streak" for 3 weeks in 1974
Besides his two #1 records, his two other Top 10 records were "Ahab, the Arab" {#5 in 1962} and "Gitarzan" {#8 in 1974}...
Mr. Stevens, born Harold Ray Ragsdale, will celebrate his 81st birthday this coming January 24th, 2020...
This cartoon does more than any live video would. Great addition to a great song.
I loved this song when I was a kid. Still do....Ray Stevens...what a talent !!
Thanks a lot I needed to hear some thing like this today.
Love Ray Stevens.
What record?
Tune sounds close to Ahab the Arab.
this is hillarious as it iz great music,,, goooodstuffffz
RIP HARAMBE
They played his hit record?
*what record?*
shut up!
oh man i forgot about that part, got a good laugh outta me.
totally awesome
Hahahahahahahahahabaaa!!!!!!!
Haaaaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaa
Funny my dear and thank you for sharing it, you are just too awesome
+Hugh n aw im just old
+roger huff was on facebook too early for all the politics and bullshit
Hehehe...'It's killin' me!!!...:)O(:..
Brings back fun ray this is one of my favorites
@Leedale Rich gonna see him sept. 3rd in branson
+Roger Huff i was there
Holy cow! I feel like I'm 5 again!
LOVE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is so funny!! More views needed!! :D