Name Game

Shirley Ellis -The Name Game

The name game

Shirley

Shirley shirley bo birley bonana fanna fo firley

Fee fy mo mirley

Shirley

Lincoln

Lincoln lincoln bo bincoln bonana fanna fo fincoln

Fee fy mo mincoln

Lincoln

Come on everybody

I say now let's play a game

I betcha I can make a rhyme

Out of anybody's name

The first letter of the name

I treat it like it wasn't there

But a b or an f

Or an m will appear

And then I say bo add a b then I

Say the name and bonana fanna and a

Fo

And then I say the name again with an f

Very plain

And a fee fy and a mo

And then I say the name again with an m

This time

And there isn't any name that I can't rhyme

Arnold

Arnold arnold bo barnold bonana fanna fo farnold

Fee fy mo marnold

Arnold

But if the first two letters are ever the same

I drop them both and say the name like

Bob bob drop the b's bo ob

Fred fred drop the f's fo red

For Mary Mary drop the m's mo ary

That's the only rule that is contrary

Okay

Now say bo bo

Now tony with a b bony

Then bonana fanna fo bonana fanna fo

Then you say the name again with an f very

Plain fony

Then a fee fy and a mo fee fy mo

Then you say the name again with an m this

Time mony

And there isn't any name that you can't rhyme

Everybody view tony

Tony tony bo bo ney

Bo na na fanna fo fo ney

Fee fi mo mo ney

Tony

Very good

Let's do billy

Billy billy bo gil ly bo na na

Fanna fo fil ly

Fee fi mo mil ly

Billy

Very good

Let's do marsha

Marsha marsha bo bar sha

Bo na na fanna fo far sha

Fee fi mo ar sha

Marsha

A little trick with nick

Nick nick bo bick bo na na

Fanna fo fick fee fi mo mick

Nick

The name game