Bo Diddley bought his babe a diamond ring
If that diamond ring don’t shine
He gonna take it to a private eye
If that private eye can’t see
He’d better not take the ring from me
Bo Diddley caught a nanny goat
To make his pretty baby a Sunday coat
Bo Diddley caught a bear cat
To make his pretty baby a Sunday hat
Mojo come to my house, ya black cat bone
Take my baby away from home
Ugly ole mojo, where ya bin
Up your house, and gone again
Bo Diddley, Bo Diddley have you heard?
My pretty baby said she wasn’t for it
Bo was one of the 1st stars I seen when I was a teenager back in the 50's. This "green" white kid went to a rock concert and saw some amazing early rock stars. Bill Haley and the Comets, Big Joe Turner, The Platters, Clyde McPhatter, LaVern Baker, The Drifters, Jimmy Reed, and others. I went to every live show I could get tickets to. A friend of mine worked in the ticket office of our local arena and I always got front row seats back then. Those are memories that I'll never forget! Did that from the 50's clear up thru the early 2000's!
The switch of music into rock and roll was the most interesting transition of music in history. They formed up a new sound that can be argued about for eternity but that few years in the fifties was a bottle of lighting bugs shining at night and the sun coming up, The beat and move of it all.
One of the most important figures in music history. Without him, Rock and its subsequent offshoots simply wouldn't have been. Rest in peace, Bo, and thank you.